sprayed

verb

Definition of sprayednext
past tense of spray
as in sprinkled
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on sprayed the lawn with pesticides

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“Sprayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprayed. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.

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