Word Finder - blanketed

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To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

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A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.

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To traverse or complete thoroughly.

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The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.

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To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

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To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.

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To nullify the impact of someone or something.

The two remained that way, blanketed in the comforting stillness of the old house and one another's arms.

Edith Shipton's rental car, blanketed in six inches of fresh snow, remained out front.

The Soufriere Hills are blanketed with rainforest and volcanic peaks.

The world was flooded in some areas and on fire in others with still other parts blanketed in outright war.

Dean was in front of Bird Song, trying to mow the lawn, still blanketed with the moisture of the now-ended drizzle when he remembered his promise to pick up Pumpkin Green and whoever else needed chauffeuring from the pool.

The road paralleled the river to their right and far below, which was most often hidden by the pine trees that blanketed the slope.

Maclay's History of the Navy, a court of inquiry investigated Schley's conduct before and during the battle of Santiago; on the 13th of December 1901 the court pronounced Schley guilty of delay in locating Cervera's squadron, of carelessness in endangering the "Texas" by a peculiar "loop" movement or turn of the "Brooklyn" which blanketed the fire of other American vessels, and of disobedience to a departmental order of the 25th of May, but it recommended that no action be taken.

While the pretty young thing was only slightly more linguistically proficient than Maria, her enthusiasm equaled the older woman's and the town was duly blanketed with election literature.

When the Deans first arrived in Ouray, they weren't sure how they'd adapt to the long winters but when the first serious snow blanketed the western Colorado Mountains in early December they took up winter sports with the enthusiasm of children.

This bustling resort town features three outstanding mountain resorts which encompass over 8,800 acres of slopes blanketed by some 350 inches of snow each year.

Korea is exclusively blanketed in CDMA-based networks, so GSM phones won't work there.

Once beyond access to the river below, the seldom-used path presented an unbroken cover of fresh white, now blanketed in more than a foot of fresh powder, as it followed the large pipe toward the reservoir.