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• v  make tight; secure against leakage
• v  close with or as if with a seal
  She sealed the letter with hot wax
• v  decide irrevocably
• v  affix a seal to
• v  cover with varnish
• v  hunt seals
• a  established irrevocably
  his fate is sealed
• a  closed or secured with or as if with a seal
  my lips are sealed
  the package is still sealed
  the premises are sealed
• s  undisclosed for the time being
  sealed orders
  a sealed move in chess
• s  determined irrevocably
  his fate is sealed
• s  having been paved
• s  covered with a waterproof coating
  a sealed driveway
• s  (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster

• From a sealed chamber like the cabin of a rocket ship, and from space-helmeted human guinea pigs who live in it, medical researchers at the National Institutes of Health at .
• The bicycles are designed with tons of sealed components to resist the savage beatings they will undoubtedly receive, and they're equipped with RFID tags so they're easily trackable.
• From there his fate is sealed.

• seal
• seal off
• varnish
• certain
• plastered

• unseal
• unsealed

News & Articles

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• Soccer-Australia fans celebrate World Cup entry with Sydney party
  By Michael Sin SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Australia's soccer team celebrated with hundreds of fans at a victory party in Sydney on Wednesday after eking out a nervous win over Iraq that sealed their ticket to the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. Their victory drew bleary-eyed fans young and old to Sydney's Customs House, all draped in green and gold, keen to meet the players, who were welcomed ...
  June 19, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• BURLINGTON-BRISTOL Historic McNeal Mansion site in Burlington, N.J. to make way for 197 unit townhouse development ...
  BURLINGTON, N.J. - Signatures sealed the deal on Thursday that pave the way for a developer to build 197 town homes on the 120-acre site of the historic McNeal Mansion on Jones Street. The project, initially approved by the city council in May, will involve demolition of the mansion, built in 1890 by Andrew McNeal, founder of the U.S. Pipe facility.
  June 18, 2013 - Bristol Pilot
• 5 Players Who Increased Their Value at the U-21 European Championship
  Thiago Alcantara ’s hat-trick sealed a second successive European U-21 crown for both himself and his country Tuesday, as Spain beat five-time winners Italy 4-1 in Jerusalem. The treble took the 22-year-old Barcelona midfielder to within a goal of teammate Alvaro Morata ’s tournament-leading tally and capped a performance that will surely see his value rise beyond the £18 million the Catalans ...
  June 18, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• Richard Dunne in Independent
  As soon as he did, we started to talk,Dunne said. "It was literally a couple of days and it was all done and dusted. I'm pleased now that it's all been signed and sealed and I can relax a bit more now and concentrate on the season ahead."
• Robinho in The Guardian
  Santos want a year, but City want just six months. It's 90% certain. In two or three days it should be sealed,added Robinho, who is believed to be prepared to take a pay cut to leave Eastlands.
• Sajjad Karim in Lancashire Telegraph
  Mr Karim added: "I was in a room that was completely sealed off but I could hear what was going on. (The Indian security forces) fought them floor by floor, and room by room."