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
Hours after the shooting, the building stairwell was still splattered with blood, including a large pool of it on the second-floor landing.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Blood splattered across the person’s cheeks and neck, seeped through the gauze looped around a leg and dripped onto the floor.
—Lauren Caruba, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
Crime scene photos obtained by the outlet allegedly show blood splattered on a window and a blue tarp covering a body inside the apartment complex.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
Baggy fits, cargo jeans and paint splattered barrel jeans are often paired with a shrunken top.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
Too bad the intern isn’t sure of much — and the blood splattered on his scrubs isn’t reassuring — but who cares?
—Rima Parikh, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025
Dried blood splattered his neck.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
The image of the delicate pink suit splattered with blood is one of the most haunting juxtapositions in modern history.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Staying in theme to the bitter end, Irwin collects himself from the hardwood and is dragged to hell (or backstage) by dark forces, returning to face the judges with his face splattered in fake blood.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Blood splattered across the person’s cheeks and neck, seeped through the gauze looped around a leg and dripped onto the floor.
—Lauren Caruba, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
Crime scene photos obtained by the outlet allegedly show blood splattered on a window and a blue tarp covering a body inside the apartment complex.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
Baggy fits, cargo jeans and paint splattered barrel jeans are often paired with a shrunken top.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
Too bad the intern isn’t sure of much — and the blood splattered on his scrubs isn’t reassuring — but who cares?
—Rima Parikh, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025
Dried blood splattered his neck.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
The image of the delicate pink suit splattered with blood is one of the most haunting juxtapositions in modern history.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Staying in theme to the bitter end, Irwin collects himself from the hardwood and is dragged to hell (or backstage) by dark forces, returning to face the judges with his face splattered in fake blood.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splattered
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Four astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down early Thursday in the Pacific Ocean, ending a weeklong effort to get an unnamed crew member home to evaluate a medical issue.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
15 Jan. 2026
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The SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of California, ending the mission about a month early.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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The slow motion sequences of mom Karen Wheeler (Cara Buono) getting clawed by the demon while a horrorstruck and blood-spattered Holly watches are almost too much.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
27 Nov. 2025
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But the only ink Grace spills there is an abstract galaxy, spattered across a page mixed with her own breast milk, a creative output that blends her two identities, now at war.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
6 Nov. 2025
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