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Blanket Describe Emphasize Affects Refers Person Thing Group

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You use b______ to describe something when you want to emphasize that it affects or refers to every person or thing in a group, without any exceptions .You use blanket to describe something when you want to emphasize that it affects or refers to every person or thing in a group, without any exceptions .
It is tempting to support a blanket ban on junk food advertising.
...the blanket coverage of the Olympics.
word blanket
full-definition
noun
A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm .
A blanket of something such as snow is a continuous layer of it which hides what is below or beyond it.
The mud disappeared under a blanket of snow.
Cold damp air brought in the new year under a blanket of fog.
You can refer to something such as an unpleasant emotion or an undesirable quality that seems to affect every aspect of a particular situation as a blanket of that emotion or quality.
...the blanket of depression.
A blanket of silence descended.
verb
If something such as snow blankets an area, it covers it.
More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of Michigan.
With a thick mist now blanketing the trees, I got thoroughly lost.
adjective
You use blanket to describe something when you want to emphasize that it affects or refers to every person or thing in a group, without any exceptions .
It is tempting to support a blanket ban on junk food advertising.
...the blanket coverage of the Olympics.
inflections blanketsblanketingblanketed
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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