PLASHED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

plashed

verb

past tense of plash

as in splashed

to flow in a broken irregular stream water plashed down the drain

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as in rippled

to move with a splashing motion a child happily plashing in the tub

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as in splattered

to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy passing cars plashed us with roadside slush

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Brighton splashed £30million on then 18-year-old Kostoulas from Olympiacos in his homeland during last year’s summer window.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
The rocket's Super Heavy booster detached from the Starship spacecraft about two minutes into the flight, and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of splashed

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Ever since work began on an ICE facility on the outskirts of Gilroy earlier this year, fear has rippled through much of the community.

— Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
An audible gasp rippled through the room after the tally of the votes was announced for BPC-157.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 23 July 2026

Definition of rippled

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License plate readers have been shot at in Tennessee, hit with a truck in California, beat with a baseball bat in Virginia, cut down with a saw in Texas and splattered with paint in New York.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
The bathroom had blood splattered on the wall, so hospital staff asked a janitor to clean it.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of splattered

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Overnight oats are nutritionally similar to classic oatmeal—the main difference is that they’re soaked instead of cooked.

— Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026
Rodong Sinmun this week revisited a 2013 summer inspection of a construction site, where Kim’s clothes were said to have become soaked with sweat.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of soaked

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Despite the flow of cold air from the gap in the doorjamb, every first-floor window dripped with condensation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Present subtext dripped from his words of the past, as the city of Denver hopes Payton has found a next great one, two decades later.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 July 2026

Definition of dripped

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Serene spa music, a blend of classical piano and loudly chirping birds, trilled in the background as the machine sloshed and gurgled.

— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026

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