Synonyms for splatter
ˈsplæt ərsplat·ter

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1. spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputteringnoun

   the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively

   "he heard a spatter of gunfire"

   Synonyms:
   splattering, splashing, splutter, splash, dab, spatter, sputter, spattering, sputtering

2. dab, splash, splatterverb

   a small quantity of something moist or liquid

   "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey"

   Synonyms:
   sputtering, splattering, stir, splashing, dab, splash, pat, plash, spatter, sputter, spattering, tap, splutter

3. spill, slop, splatterverb

   cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

   "spill the milk"; "splatter water"

   Synonyms:
   swash, squelch, pour forth, talk, swill, disgorge, run out, splosh, spatter, squish, spill, plash, slop, splash, shed, slosh

4. spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swashverb

   dash a liquid upon or against

   "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"

   Synonyms:
   swash, squish, squelch, spit, sprinkle, swagger, brag, shoot a line, vaunt, pleach, gas, gasconade, slosh, pitter-patter, splosh, tout, bespatter, patter, bluster, spatter, blow, spill, plash, slop, splash, slush, boast

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How to use splatter in a sentence?

1. Kelly Armstrong:

   Procedural mistakes should splatter like paint. It’s messy but the results should be random. In my four years here every mistake DOJ has made has benefited one side and harmed the other. That’s a hell of a coincidence.

2. David Wessel:

   There's probably going to be some problems and some scandals and some of that mud will splatter on the The Fed, at some point The Fed is going to want to pull back and what if the Treasury at the time says not yet ?

3. Kelly Armstrong:

   Discounting whistleblowers before the Democrats know what the witnesses have to offer says a lot more about their agenda than it does about the validity of the whistleblowers, procedural mistakes should splatter like paint. It’s messy but the results should be random. In my four years here every mistake DOJ has made has benefited one side and harmed the other. That’s a hell of a coincidence.