as in to splash
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 splatter
And there was something investigators had never seen before -- potato fragments splattered in the bedroom.
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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
Don’t be afraid to splatter on the table, bump elbows, let loose.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 20 Feb. 2026
Along the way, small pools of water pocked the road, and mud splattered up from Brown Beauty’s forelegs against her sides and against Revere’s boots and buckskin pants.
—Kostya Kennedy, Time, 16 Feb. 2026
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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
Don’t be afraid to splatter on the table, bump elbows, let loose.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 20 Feb. 2026
Along the way, small pools of water pocked the road, and mud splattered up from Brown Beauty’s forelegs against her sides and against Revere’s boots and buckskin pants.
—Kostya Kennedy, Time, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for splatter
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Visitors need to splash through 20 river crossings en route to the cave.—
Nicole Young,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Following a roughly 10-day journey, Artemis 2 aims to splash down off the coast of San Diego.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
28 Mar. 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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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splatter. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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