all-encompassing

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all-encompassing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  all-encompassing
      adj 1: 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" [syn:
             across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
             all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
             extensive, panoptic, wide]