adjective
- Broad in scope or content.
- usage: "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality- T. G. Winner; "granted him wide powers"
- synonyms: across-the-board, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide
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