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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Joel makes a run for it but is promptly splattered onto the street by an oncoming car in an uber-gory sequence that sets the tone for the next two-plus hours of the film's runtime.
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Red paint was splattered across its plinth and at the base of Queen Victoria’s royal robes, as captured in footage shared by Sky News Australia.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
My fear turned reality was splattered across this page.
—Anu Bharadwaj, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2024
The next shot revealed that the banker had been cradling a newborn baby in his arms—and that the blood had splattered onto the infant’s cheek.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Red paint was splattered across its plinth and at the base of Queen Victoria’s royal robes, as captured in footage shared by Sky News Australia.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
My fear turned reality was splattered across this page.
—Anu Bharadwaj, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2024
The next shot revealed that the banker had been cradling a newborn baby in his arms—and that the blood had splattered onto the infant’s cheek.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splatter. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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