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hermetically seal en · VERB

Etymology

See hermetic

Meanings

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.
   • The glass stoppers were inserted; the bottles hermetically sealed; and, depositing them in a secret drawer of a small casket, she locked it, put the little key on a chain that she always wore of her uncle's hair; and, pressing it to her heart, exclaimed, "Now I am mistress of my fate in this world!" 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 328–329:
2. (transitive) To isolate from external influences or prevent escape from.
   • We were hermetically sealing ourselves within the seemingly safe cocoon of groupthink.

Forms

Translations (18)

uk загерметизува́ти (to seal with an airtight seal) · pl zhermetyzować (to seal with an airtight seal) · fr hermétiser (to seal with an airtight seal) · uk герметизува́ти (to seal with an airtight seal) · es hermetizar (to isolate from external influences or prevent escape from) · ro ermetiza (to seal with an airtight seal) · it ermetizzare (to seal with an airtight seal) · fr hermétiser (to isolate from external influences or prevent escape from) · uk загерметизува́ти (to isolate from external influences or prevent escape from) · be герметызава́ць (to seal with an airtight seal) · ja 密封する (to seal with an airtight seal) · pl hermetyzować (to seal with an airtight seal) · ja 密栓する (to seal with an airtight seal) · ja 厳封する (to seal with an airtight seal) · ru герметизи́ровать (to seal with an airtight seal) · uk герметизува́ти (to isolate from external influences or prevent escape from) · es hermetizar (to seal with an airtight seal) · ja 密閉する (to seal with an airtight seal)