BLANKETING Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

blanketing

verb

present participle of blanket

as in coating

to form a layer over leaves blanketed all of the land around the house

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as in concealing

to keep secret or shut off from view blanketed the secret memo from the news media

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as in extinguishing

to cause to cease burning firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam

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Recent Examples of blanketing Politics as usual As midterm elections approach, candidates up and down the ballot are blanketing the airwaves and digital channels with ads against data centers. — Barbara A. Trish, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026 As midterm elections approach, candidates up and down the ballot are blanketing the airwaves and digital channels with ads against data centers. — Barbara A. Trish, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026 Wildfires in Indonesia are also the source of widespread haze that’s blanketing much of the region and making Southeast Asian cities such as Singapore and Kuala Lumpur among the world’s most polluted. — Jay Ganglani, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 The back end of the defense has limited gashing throws since the Purdue game, and has made the simple passes difficult with defensive backs blanketing pass catchers in coverage across the field. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Here, flood maps do record the risk from obvious threats like hurricanes, with high-risk zones blanketing the area. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Elevating your viewing experience means streaming crisp 4K content, blanketing your entire home in robust wireless coverage, and letting a sleek soundbar pump out theater-quality audio. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026 Ayomanor also had another defender blanketing him, and on first-and-goal with two timeouts in their pocket, the Titans still had other opportunities. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Multiple winter storms made their way across the Peach State last year, in some cases leaving inches of snow and ice blanketing the northern part of the state. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

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Verb

Solgel ceramic coating Most nonstick pans use nontoxic coating from organic materials, producing a safe and convenient way to cook your food.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
For Midnight Journey, a gown inspired by scratch-off lottery cards, Officina39 applied a leather coating to achieve the sisters’ vintage effect.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of coating

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Her passion for Pol is a flare, burning brightly and extinguishing quickly.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Chinese authorities have tightened their grip on the media, the legal profession, and civil society, limiting the space for Chinese citizens to discuss mounting social woes and extinguishing emerging calls for deeper political reform.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of extinguishing

Verb

In terms of color gamut, the Scar 18 ranked highest among its competitors, covering 100% of the sRGB and DCI-P3 gamuts, and 94% of Adobe RGB.

— Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Months later, the Austin City Council approved a $35 million settlement covering the three surviving men and Pierce’s family.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of covering

Verb

In the early ‘80s, the singer was already obscuring his Blackness with makeup (prior to remaking his features with plastic surgery).

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Digital secondary channels have become the main outlet for liquidating illicit inventories, often obscuring sellers’ origins while reaching millions of buyers worldwide.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of obscuring

Verb

Some senators fled while others braced themselves inside the Senate chamber as Officer Eugene Goodman tried to reason with the mob, and Senate staffers barricaded themselves in offices, hiding.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Joseph had spent most of the war hiding in the forest with the Bielski partisan force, a Jewish resistance group.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of hiding

Verb

After 20 years of suppressing his feelings, therapy helped Harry give himself permission to grieve and acknowledge his pain.

— Esther Lian, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026
Embracing uncertainty does not mean ignoring danger, suppressing disappointment or insisting that every setback is positive.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of suppressing

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