as in splashed
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
the house painters accidentally splattered my car with paint
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If the wax splattered onto walls or table linens, warm the wax with a hairdryer and wipe off as much as possible with a clean cloth.
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Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
Two more photos depict the pigeon’s unfortunate end—bleeding from a slit in its neck, leaving droplets of blood splattered on the falconer’s pristine thawb.
—M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
Among its grantees are Just Stop Oil, which threw the tomato soup and glued the Vermeer; Last Generation, which splattered the mashed potatoes on the Monet; Zepeda’s group, Declare Emergency; and the Social Change Lab, which conducts research on activism.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
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.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Loud explosions collapsed the roof of a building, sending glass shattering and leaving the floor splattered with blood.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
Two more photos depict the pigeon’s unfortunate end—bleeding from a slit in its neck, leaving droplets of blood splattered on the falconer’s pristine thawb.
—M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
Among its grantees are Just Stop Oil, which threw the tomato soup and glued the Vermeer; Last Generation, which splattered the mashed potatoes on the Monet; Zepeda’s group, Declare Emergency; and the Social Change Lab, which conducts research on activism.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
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.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Loud explosions collapsed the roof of a building, sending glass shattering and leaving the floor splattered with blood.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Splattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splattered. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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