spattering

present participle of spatter
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as in splashing
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets a passing car spattered mud on her clothes

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Recent Examples of spattering Cara's golden face was covered in fresh dirt, spattering her mouth, nose, eyes, and head, with plenty more sprinkled on the concrete patio beneath her. MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • Power to the People is a portrait of John and Yoko as a young married couple splashing down in New York City, making friends with the local radicals and con men and boho scenesters.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Monday’s flight was similar to the previous one, again deploying a batch of mock Starlink satellites, briefly re-lighting its engines in space and testing new heat shield tiles during its blazing hot return from space before splashing down west of Australia.
    Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • During the final night of the 2019 legislative session, a protester threw a cup of menstrual blood onto the Senate floor in protest of two of Pan’s bills, splattering lawmakers and delaying votes.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Left with tons of unsold produce, the village’s angry farmers band together in protest, setting up a blockade on the city’s main road and splattering it with their wares.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Spattering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spattering. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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