blanketed

verb

past tense of blanket
1
as in coated
to form a layer over leaves blanketed all of the land around the house

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

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

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Recent Examples of blanketed That weekend, a duck’s carcass had been discovered floating in the pool, which had been blanketed in algae. — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 25 June 2026 At Taquearte, the split rolls are slathered with refried beans and chorizo, then blanketed in a single layer of mottled cheese. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 The lower Hudson River was, for a few hours, blanketed in billowing fabric. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 June 2026 Jones lofted a pass to the end zone for Dulin while he was being blanketed by two-time first-team All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner. — James Boyd, New York Times, 11 June 2026 The host scored three tries to one and fullback Takuro Matsunaga hauled in 17 points in a red-and-white blanketed Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 Mount Vesuvius’ eruption blanketed Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum in ash and pumice (a porous volcanic glass), preserving the infamous tragedy and its victims in astounding detail. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 18 June 2026 Two years after a chemical fire outside Atlanta blanketed the city in smoke and sent a community running from toxic fumes, first responders and residents of Conyers, Georgia, have come together in a lawsuit. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 23 June 2026 The city’s Yaletown district has been blanketed with ‘Beautiful Game’ murals along walls and patios, showing the game’s most iconic moments from soccer stars legends like Lionel Messi, Pelé, and Canada’s Alphonso Davies. — Paula Newton, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanketed
  1. coated
  2. concealed
  3. extinguished
  4. covered
  5. obscured
  6. suppressed
Verb
  • Add chicken, pineapple, pecans, celery, and scallions; fold until evenly coated.
    — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • Dust coated coastal communities.
    — Regina Cano Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
Definition of coated
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  • An off-duty officer spotted suspicious behavior that led TSA to discover a knife concealed inside a prosthetic leg at airport security.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • According to Woodward, some emails in question -- which had their senders and recipients concealed -- were redacted to protect the names of victims.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of concealed
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  • Be sure to ensure that any firework used is fully extinguished and free of flame or heat before disposing of it.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • West Metro Fire Rescue Westbound C-470 was closed for about two hours while crews extinguished the semi fire, grass, and cleared the scene.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of extinguished
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  • When choosing a warranty, review the contract, check what is covered, and understand the claims process.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Travel insurance experts say travelers' biggest mistake this summer is too much confidence—like assuming that any disruption is automatically covered by their policy.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of covered
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  • Wernicke says that's wrong—and that the misattribution has obscured something important.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The documents in question include eight emails with either the sender or recipient blacked out, a draft indictment of Epstein with the names of potential co-conspirators obscured and a 2019 email that mentions several co-conspirators whose names were redacted.
    — Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Definition of obscured
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  • The air force said that 37 missiles and 326 drones were shot down or otherwise suppressed, with impacts of 29 missiles and 18 drones reported across 34 locations.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • Security forces suppressed the protests in a bloody crackdown that killed thousands.
    — Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Definition of suppressed

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