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verb

past tense of splash
1
as in sprayed
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets rowdy teenagers splashing water at each other in the community pool

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3
as in bathed
to flow along or against water constantly splashing the wooden pilings eventually weakened them

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5
as in rippled
to move with a splashing motion a baby splashing about in the tub

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Recent Examples of splashed
Verb
The exquisite mineral is splashed across the Yacht Club interiors, and briar-root wood surfaces are elegantly bathed in the exclusive Sindalah Blue. Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2024 Instead, the image that would ordinarily show up as a news post in a separate section of the PS5 UI was splashed across the screen behind games like Miles Morales, Hi-Fi Rush, and Final Fantasy VII Remake. Wes Davis, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for splashed
Verb
  • Above us, small temples were bathed in bright afternoon light.
    Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The first colonists would encounter a barren landscape without water or breathable atmosphere, bathed in deadly solar and galactic radiation from which Earthbound humans are protected by our planet’s atmosphere and magnetic field.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Only rarely would baked goods or other food items containing washed poppy seeds trigger positive drug tests, doctors who have studied the issue said.
    David Hilzenrath, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This year's summer winds washed thousands of plastic pellets ashore near Colombo, Sri Lanka, three years after a massive fire aboard the X-Press Pearl burned for days and sank the vessel a few miles offshore.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Canadian drink company accused of cultural appropriation Controversy bubbled for a Canadian drink company after actor Simu Liu, who is Chinese-Canadian, took issue with the founders’ spin on traditional bubble tea.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Tempers never bubbled over, but this game — like Friday’s preseason rematch with the Kings — was a nice appetizer to what should be a tense Northern California matchup this year.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • For over three hours on Monday afternoon, 9.21 inches of rain was dumped on this city of 13 million — and forced an all-out effort to prevent a repeat of 2021, when 300 died in a sudden deluge that flooded the subway and trapped people in submerged cars.
    Lyric Li, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • According to the New York Daily News, Bishop's group used sonar technology to scan the river for submerged cars.
    Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
Adjective
  • Since its creation, PFAS-containing aqueous film-forming foam has been installed on all military aircraft, civil ships, and airplanes.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Your eye doctor will then determine whether dryness is linked to insufficient tears (aqueous deficient dry eye) or insufficient oil in the tears (evaporative dry eye).
    Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Rain falls on a flooded road in Roswell, New Mexico, U.S., October 19, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Yellow jackets are swarming in flooded parts of North Carolina.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024

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“Splashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashed. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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