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blanketing

[blang-ki-ting]

noun

  1. blankets.

    The blanketing was too warm.

  2. Radio.,  the effect of a signal from a powerful transmitter that interferes with or prevents the reception of other signals.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of blanketing1

First recorded in 1570–80; blanket + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

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The “ritual” involved breaking down ice chunks and placing the cubes before melting, then gently blanketing the letters with soil.

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Los Angeles police and prosecutors must end a long running practice of blanketing entire areas of the city with gang injunctions under the terms of a court settlement reached last month.

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He was galvanized by a proposal to bulldoze the sycamores blanketing Pipes Canyon, west of Yucca Valley, for an international airport.

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The eye-catching substance - fire retardant - is now a common sight in the area, blanketing driveways, rooftops and cars.

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It pointed to a temporary flight restriction issued for wide swaths of airspace blanketing Los Angeles.

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