splatter
verb (used with or without object)
to splash and scatter upon impact.
splattered
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past participleof splatter.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof splatter.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
splatterverb (used with or without object)to splash and scatter upon impact.
Example Sentences
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This week the meal box came with a container of harissa sauce splattered over its contents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Three years ago, FX’s “The Bear” splattered across our screens and made it impossible to look away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
Names splattered in from leftfield, a free-form approach to positions, a delicious cheese-dream of a bench – a side picked like Jackson Pollock paints.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
He watched firefighting helicopters and airplanes make laps past thick red streaks of fire retardant splattered on mountainsides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2024
Dirty, soapy dead-frog water splattered her skirt and trailed the Sunbird down the driveway, down the street, out of my life.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
