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splatter

verb

ˈspla-tər

Definition of splatter

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 The bathroom had blood splattered on the wall, so hospital staff asked a janitor to clean it. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Butter splatters all over the roof of the microwave, and chocolate seizes up. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 July 2026 An unusually silent home, a room splattered with blood and an open window missing its screen. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 29 July 2026 For nearly 50 years, illustrator and comic book creator Bill Sienkiewicz has burned, splattered and slashed his way across the page with his expressionist approach to visual storytelling. — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for splatter

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The video begins with Meghan and Harry walking hand-in-hand outdoors before transitioning to several family moments, including a child warming their feet by a fireplace and Meghan wearing rain boots while splashing through a muddy puddle.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Another clip showed Meghan splashing in a muddy puddle before shifting to footage of Princess Lilibet riding a bike.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of splash

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Instead, Dulai had been clearly beaten and blood was spattered around the room.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Crime scene technicians called in to help execute a search warrant reported observing blood spattered all over Mao’s bedroom, and a machete and two dumbbells stained with blood.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 17 June 2026

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