hermetically seal
Verb

hermetically seal (hermetically seals, present participle hermetically sealing; past and past participle hermetically sealed)

  1. (transitive) To seal with an airtight seal.
    They hermetically sealed the kettles to accelerate the cooking.
    Some manufacturers isolated the electronic circuitry and hermetically sealed it in a metal capsule.
  2. (transitive) To isolate from external influences or prevent escape from.
    We were hermetically sealing ourselves within the seemingly safe cocoon of groupthink.



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