as in to splash
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
the house painters accidentally splattered my car with paint
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Recent Examples of splatter
One of the messiest parts of cooking large proteins is cutting them up—juices tend to splatter everywhere.
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Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
In addition, writing with them required great concentration to avoid splattering ink or tearing the paper with the sharp metal nib.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Installed in 1903, the statue was removed in 2017, after being splattered with paint.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Malinche’s walls, save for one made of red brick, are splattered with a mixture of adobe, clay and hay, and the ceiling is covered with panels of brown curtains hanging at different heights.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
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Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
In addition, writing with them required great concentration to avoid splattering ink or tearing the paper with the sharp metal nib.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Installed in 1903, the statue was removed in 2017, after being splattered with paint.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Malinche’s walls, save for one made of red brick, are splattered with a mixture of adobe, clay and hay, and the ceiling is covered with panels of brown curtains hanging at different heights.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splatter
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Then Oliver splashes his blameless girlfriend in the face, and the three men flee, chased by a group of enraged barflies.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Viewers were able to see the hilarious shot of Jinky in the bath quickly cut to a very telling scene of the same dog bounding into a marshland or small lake, tail wagging, body splashing through mud and water in total ecstasy.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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But the only ink Grace spills there is an abstract galaxy, spattered across a page mixed with her own breast milk, a creative output that blends her two identities, now at war.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
6 Nov. 2025
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With a bald noggin and spattered in white goo, Stone looks otherworldly while defending her humanity.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splatter. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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