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 Below me a narrow path winds through muddy rice paddies like a snake and disappears into a horizon blanketed by dense fog. — Marisol Delarosa, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026 In this camp, Moss has blanketed Denver’s receivers while playing with clean technique. — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 And winter is its own kind of magic, especially passing through the Rockies when the mountains are blanketed with snow. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026 And with only three states on the path – Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota – the next North American eclipse won't have nearly as big of a reach as the 2024 celestial event that blanketed 13 states. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Each fall vast portions of the country are blanketed with palettes of colorful foliage beckoning leaf peepers to come enjoy the dazzling displays. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Snow blanketed Dunedin, the South Island’s second-largest city, prompting police to urge residents to avoid travel unless absolutely necessary because of icy roads. — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026 In 11-on-11 with goal-to-go, cornerback Nohl Williams blanketed Rice to prevent a score. — Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 The television ads that have blanketed Michigan will have run their course, too. — Joey Cappelletti, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanketed
  1. coated
  2. concealed
  3. extinguished
  4. covered
  5. obscured
  6. suppressed
Verb
  • Dredge each piece of chicken in the flour until well coated on both sides, shaking off any excess.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • To help out with that legibility, the hour and minutes hands are coated in Super-LumiNova, alongside touches of white lacquer in the 30-minute counter and the small second hand.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of coated
Verb
  • That concealed the actual removal of the lettering for POTUS.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
  • During the state hearing, attorneys representing the school board argued that administrators had misled members and concealed the district's financial condition.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of concealed
Verb
  • Two other fires just west of Kendall are nearly extinguished, including a 700-acre fire that was 95% contained and a 25-acre fire that was 80% contained, as of the last updates from the Forest Service.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Firefighters secured the snake, shut down the sprinkler system and extinguished the fire.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of extinguished
Verb
  • Follow it up with a walk along the High Line, an elevated outdoor park built on a historic freight rail line and covered with plants, trees, and art.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The deportees were clad in white, and many covered their faces out of safety as journalists filmed their arrival.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of covered
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  • The lack of a unified Democratic agenda, and the president’s usual reluctance to stay on message, has obscured the trend running under everything.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • She was held up as the pop cultural equivalent of a saint to a degree that sometimes obscured and distorted her creative drive and business acumen.
    — Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of obscured
Verb
  • That combination, just like QIH, suppressed neuronal firing and stripped out a comparable share of synapses, but the mice came out of it with impaired fear memory.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The unknowns attached to Brooks have understandably kept his ADP suppressed.
    — Brad Evans, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of suppressed

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“Blanketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanketed. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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