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
Trump has long been a human wrecking ball, but now his chaos has splattered onto the usually serene White House.
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Maureen Dowd, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025
The collection also included several dark-wash pieces artfully splattered with paint for a bold, creative edge.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 13 Aug. 2025
His family members were all shot in the head at close range, so defense attorneys argued blood would have splattered on Zeigler.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
There are explosions, too, and lots of NSFW supe antics, like one unidentified supe hacking up a disgusting ball of...something from her throat that splatters on Kimiko's cheek.
—EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Maureen Dowd, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025
The collection also included several dark-wash pieces artfully splattered with paint for a bold, creative edge.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 13 Aug. 2025
His family members were all shot in the head at close range, so defense attorneys argued blood would have splattered on Zeigler.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
There are explosions, too, and lots of NSFW supe antics, like one unidentified supe hacking up a disgusting ball of...something from her throat that splatters on Kimiko's cheek.
—EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splatter
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There is also a desire for infamy and to have their names and faces splashed across the internet and newspapers for a spurt of violence.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Capture the trails of speed, splashing water, and leaping moments.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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The 17-year-old joins a steady stream of fighters on mats spattered with sweat, blood and occasional tears to spar under the watchful eye of Mansouri, a former professional MMA fighter who founded the space in 2020.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Lexx certainly wasn't short on levity, with gags ranging from the satirical (a former intergalactic cannibal becoming the Pope) to the reassuringly low-brow (the Lexx's insectoid food pipes spattering a mysterious fluid onto Stan's plate).—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splatter. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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