splattered

past tense of splatter
as in splashed
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 splattered The ballad requires more singing and less shouting — and featured a tattooed Lee playing a white upright piano splattered and streaked with fake blood. Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Aug. 2026 The vibe is enveloping, the songs an easily digestible pastiche of pop splattered with hip-hop and the dancing pinpoint-perfect but loose when the Magnificent Seven are unleashed to showcase their personalities. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 These unconventional camo pieces styled with everything from cutoff khaki pants decorated with fruit and vegetable prints and paint splattered tops and pleated olive shorts and metallic silver heels. Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026 The bathroom had blood splattered on the wall, so hospital staff asked a janitor to clean it. Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 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 Overnight, a nurse aide walked into their room and saw blood splattered on the floor, walls, and ceiling, according to a grand jury transcript. Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 2026 Vandals splattered paint over the portrait in early February, and larger swaths of black and green paint appeared in March. Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splattered
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  • He's paved over much of the Rose Garden, splashed gold all over the Oval Office, including a sign outside and redone the colonnade.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Taylor splashed a wide-open triple from the top of the arc with 30 seconds to go to give tie the game, and then broke the visitors hearts to improve the Sky’s record to 14-22.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
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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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“Splattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splattered. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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