Meaning & use
splattered
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Scattered or spread a liquid or soft substance in a messy, noisy way across a surface.
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Mud splattered across the windshield as the truck sped through the puddle.
Paint splattered onto the drop cloth as she flicked the brush.
A note on using this word
"Splattered" and "spattered" are near-identical in meaning, though "splattered" often implies a larger, messier scale.
Words with a similar meaning
spatteredsprayed
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