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
Videos from in front of the school show the streets splattered with blood, gunshots sounding in the distance, and a flurry of men — young and old — frantically running around and calling for help.
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Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Emile Konig, Gerhardt Konig's son, also testified during the trial that his father called him on FaceTime after the attack occurred and confessed while splattered with her blood.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
For the occasion, the actress walked the red carpet in heels that appeared to be splattered in blood.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
Gonzalez’s shirt was covered in blood, and blood and vomit was splattered throughout the apartment when he was arrested at the scene that day.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
On rare occasions, after a heavy bout of winter rains, the landscape in spring will burst with Mexican poppies — droplets of sunshine splattered on a canvas of golf-course green.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Kay is last seen with blood splattered all over her face after beating to death the present-day serial killer, Officer August Ryan (David Hornsby) — who broke into her house to thwart her investigation — with a baseball bat.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
And there was something investigators had never seen before -- potato fragments splattered in the bedroom.
—Marcelena Spencer, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
There was one moment during the movie when Newton was splattered with blood in a pattern that yielded such a great take, Radio Silence had to recreate it on her face the next production day for consistency.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Emile Konig, Gerhardt Konig's son, also testified during the trial that his father called him on FaceTime after the attack occurred and confessed while splattered with her blood.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
For the occasion, the actress walked the red carpet in heels that appeared to be splattered in blood.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
Gonzalez’s shirt was covered in blood, and blood and vomit was splattered throughout the apartment when he was arrested at the scene that day.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
On rare occasions, after a heavy bout of winter rains, the landscape in spring will burst with Mexican poppies — droplets of sunshine splattered on a canvas of golf-course green.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Kay is last seen with blood splattered all over her face after beating to death the present-day serial killer, Officer August Ryan (David Hornsby) — who broke into her house to thwart her investigation — with a baseball bat.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
And there was something investigators had never seen before -- potato fragments splattered in the bedroom.
—Marcelena Spencer, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
There was one moment during the movie when Newton was splattered with blood in a pattern that yielded such a great take, Radio Silence had to recreate it on her face the next production day for consistency.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splattered
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Murray splashed a game-tying 51-footer at the buzzer, his league-leading fourth bucket of the season from behind halfcourt.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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Metallic pants with zipper systems, white jeans splashed with primary color paints and baggy jeans with a clay finish were among the other denim highlights.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
20 Apr. 2026
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In the den, blood was found spattered on the walls and computer desk.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Enterprising group member Freddy (Delaney Quinn) spots the paperback Josh was reading in the trash bin, spattered in blood.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Splattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splattered. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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