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
Blood splattered across both men, as well as the aircraft seat, window and wall.
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Clara McMichael, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
After all, its job is to protect your walls by catching anything that splatters in their direction.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
Żuławski’s masterpiece is, in some respects, the ultimate horror film, mutating from subgenre to subgenre — from psychological torment to splatter body horror to pulpy sci-fi — while fully embodying all of the strengths and possibilities horror is capable of.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
The direction, established by pilot helmer Adam Bernstein, is at first effective in establishing an eerie, unsettling mood, as in Eli’s graphic nightmares about splattering into an empty swimming pool.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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Clara McMichael, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
After all, its job is to protect your walls by catching anything that splatters in their direction.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
Żuławski’s masterpiece is, in some respects, the ultimate horror film, mutating from subgenre to subgenre — from psychological torment to splatter body horror to pulpy sci-fi — while fully embodying all of the strengths and possibilities horror is capable of.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
The direction, established by pilot helmer Adam Bernstein, is at first effective in establishing an eerie, unsettling mood, as in Eli’s graphic nightmares about splattering into an empty swimming pool.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Splatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splatter. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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