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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Pet peeves: Hot oil splattering me while cooking, balloons popping (especially intentionally).
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
Someone splattered red paint Tuesday on a statue in front of the Low Memorial Library.
—Jake Offenhartz, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2024
On the same night, 15 vandals on the Upper East Side splattered the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations with red paint.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
The animated Joker struts through a theater lobby past posters of Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon, Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey and Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity — all figuring in musical choices later in the film — but blood also will splatter the screen.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
Someone splattered red paint Tuesday on a statue in front of the Low Memorial Library.
—Jake Offenhartz, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2024
On the same night, 15 vandals on the Upper East Side splattered the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations with red paint.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
The animated Joker struts through a theater lobby past posters of Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon, Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey and Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity — all figuring in musical choices later in the film — but blood also will splatter the screen.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splatter. Accessed 14 Oct. 2024.
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