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
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.
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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
This conclusion raises the question of where the budding franchise could go now that Grace no longer has a target on her back thanks to the High Council being reduced to splatter.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
And there was something investigators had never seen before -- potato fragments splattered in the bedroom.
—Marcelena Spencer, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
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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
This conclusion raises the question of where the budding franchise could go now that Grace no longer has a target on her back thanks to the High Council being reduced to splatter.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
And there was something investigators had never seen before -- potato fragments splattered in the bedroom.
—Marcelena Spencer, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for splatter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splatter
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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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Pineiro's left eye was punished by Price's right hooks, but Pineiro cut Price's mouth in the fifth round and Price couldn't prevent blood spattering her chest, white shirt and shorts for the rest of the bout.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 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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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splatter. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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