encompassing

Adjective

• closely encircling
  • encompassing mountain ranges
    
  • the surrounding countryside
    

• broad in scope or content
  • 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
    

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• Synonyms: 
  encompassing(a) , surrounding(a) , circumferent