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
Installed in 1903, the statue was removed in 2017, after being splattered with paint.
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Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Malinche’s walls, save for one made of red brick, are splattered with a mixture of adobe, clay and hay, and the ceiling is covered with panels of brown curtains hanging at different heights.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
Responding authorities found the residence in disarray, with blood splattered on the furniture, walls, floor and counters, the DA's office said.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
One look was a pair of loose-fitting ivory denim jeans with double zippers in front and an abstract expressionist design splattered all over.
—Footwear News, 15 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
And on Monday, a new mural of elusive British street artist Banksy appeared on the side of London’s Royal Courts of Justice depicting a judge in a traditional wig hitting a protester lying on the ground, with blood splattered over a placard.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Malinche’s walls, save for one made of red brick, are splattered with a mixture of adobe, clay and hay, and the ceiling is covered with panels of brown curtains hanging at different heights.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
Responding authorities found the residence in disarray, with blood splattered on the furniture, walls, floor and counters, the DA's office said.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
One look was a pair of loose-fitting ivory denim jeans with double zippers in front and an abstract expressionist design splattered all over.
—Footwear News, 15 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
And on Monday, a new mural of elusive British street artist Banksy appeared on the side of London’s Royal Courts of Justice depicting a judge in a traditional wig hitting a protester lying on the ground, with blood splattered over a placard.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splattered
Verb
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The chairman claimed his words had been taken out of context, but his comments were splashed across the back of the newspapers and caused a storm of controversy.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the kayakers watched in awe as the whales soared into the air, then splashed back into the water.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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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“Splattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splattered. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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