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
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.
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Each draft begins with random ideas and quotes and memes and potential sources and reference links all splattered on the page in various fonts and colors.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
One of Kirkley’s bullets grazed Faulkner’s chest as Staton’s blood splattered onto her, the family’s wrongful death lawsuit says.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
Expect almost every room to be splattered in blood.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Each draft begins with random ideas and quotes and memes and potential sources and reference links all splattered on the page in various fonts and colors.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
One of Kirkley’s bullets grazed Faulkner’s chest as Staton’s blood splattered onto her, the family’s wrongful death lawsuit says.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
Expect almost every room to be splattered in blood.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splatter
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The denser and heat-resistant components that may survive the plunge will splash down into the ocean, where they are expected to harmlessly sink to the ocean floor, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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But the recent debut definitely distinguishes itself a little from the typical oversized American white trailer box splashed with generic swoosh graphics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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With a bald noggin and spattered in white goo, Stone looks otherworldly while defending her humanity.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Many of us thought that the image of crying, blood-spattered 6 and 7 year olds, marching-in-train across a school parking lot would finally convince America’s gun owners to concede to meaningful gun reform.—
K. Ward Cummings,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splatter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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