blanketing

verb

present participle of blanket
1
as in coating
to form a layer over leaves blanketed all of the land around the house

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2
as in concealing
to keep secret or shut off from view blanketed the secret memo from the news media

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3
as in extinguishing
to cause to cease burning firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam

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Recent Examples of blanketing When the winds died down, Carter went outside to find hail blanketing her yard and fog blocking her view of the street. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 Synopsis The equatorial village of Rukumba has endured months of drought when suddenly snow falls overnight, an impossible event blanketing the land in white. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2026 With heat waves still blanketing most of the country, a lightweight and breathable cardigan is a smart choice when dressing for fluctuating temperatures through early fall. — Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026 As engagement-farming social-media accounts like Pop Base and celebrity-gossip accounts such as Deuxmoi still post frequent updates of celebrity sightings and speculation, the type of blanketing gossip press that Hilton introduced now spares no one. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026 Her sisters and niece held each other as smoke crept closer, blanketing the sky behind them. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 Sticky, thick humidity is blanketing the Philadelphia region and causing heat indexes that could reach the low 100s through early next week. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Woodson blanketing an incomplete pass for Kayshon Boutte set an early tone. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 In the Citizens United era, outside groups have carpetbagged around the country, flooding their preferred candidates with millions of dollars and blanketing the airwaves with ads, often enough ensuring victory. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanketing
  1. coating
  2. concealing
  3. extinguishing
  4. covering
  5. obscuring
  6. hiding
  7. suppressing
  8. masking
Verb
  • Most record-breaking perovskite cells in labs rely on spin-coating or wet-chemical solution processing, which doesn’t scale well to large, textured industrial silicon wafers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Bring to room temperature before portioning and coating in cinnamon-sugar.
    — Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of coating
Verb
  • Since then, the front portico of the building has been covered by a construction tarp, concealing most of its name.
    — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The group is accused of diverting association dues, insurance, loan proceeds and collection revenues (others fees such as fines or special assessments) while concealing the flow of the money.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of concealing
Verb
  • Authorities said late Sunday that the Hawk fire had stayed in its footprint and firefighters were extinguishing hotspots while working to keep the fire from jumping a highway and reaching areas filled with homes and businesses.
    — Haven Daly, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities said late Sunday that the Hawk Fire had stayed in its footprint and firefighters were extinguishing hotspots while working to keep the fire from jumping a main highway and reaching areas filled with homes and businesses.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of extinguishing
Verb
  • Pack a tube of petroleum jelly (Vaseline) in your first aid kit instead of antibiotic ointment and remember to flush all scrapes and cuts with copious amounts of clean water before covering them with the jelly.
    — Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Ground surveys can provide more detailed information at a particular site, but covering an entire subway corridor that way would be difficult.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of covering
Verb
  • Forward vision is excellent because there’s no roof, A-pillars, or much of anything obscuring your view (the only model above the Signature Edition, called the Grand Touring, does include a roof of sorts).
    — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The glass is reeded and translucent, obscuring the line cooks behind it.
    — Alexis Benveniste, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of obscuring
Verb
  • The trio were found hiding in a ditch about 200 yards from where they were pulled over, according to the news release.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2026
  • After six months of war, the deadlock has left the Islamic Republic bitterly divided, while its ultimate arbiter, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, remains in hiding.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of hiding
Verb
  • Many cope by masking or camouflaging — suppressing autistic traits in order to fit in.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • However, moderate levels enable the locus coeruleus to emphasize task-relevant information while suppressing background noise.
    — Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of suppressing
Verb
  • Many cope by masking or camouflaging — suppressing autistic traits in order to fit in.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The national averages, however, risk masking the legions in restrictive states still not accessing care.
    — David N. Hackney, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of masking

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“Blanketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanketing. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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