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  • 91spot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. place, locality, site; blotch, dapple, speckle, macula; smear, spatter, daub, blot; blemish, flaw, stain, stigma. See location, disrepute. on the spot II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. prompt, ready,… …

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  • 92splatter — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. splash, spray, sprinkle spatter, streak, stain. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To hurl or scatter liquid upon: bespatter, dash, slop, slosh, spatter, splash, spray, swash. See STRIKE. 2. To mark or soil with… …

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  • 93bespatter — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To mark or soil with spots: blotch, spatter, splatter, splotch, spot. See MARKS. 2. To hurl or scatter liquid upon: dash, slop, slosh, spatter, splash, splatter, spray, swash. See STRIKE. 3. To contaminate the… …

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  • 94splatter — splat·ter || splætÉ™(r) n. act or sound of splattering; amount splattered, spatter, splash v. splash, spatter, scatter in drops; mark with scattered drops of a liquid; cause to spatter; make a spattering sound …

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  • 95splattered — splat·ter || splætÉ™(r) n. act or sound of splattering; amount splattered, spatter, splash v. splash, spatter, scatter in drops; mark with scattered drops of a liquid; cause to spatter; make a spattering sound …

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  • 96splattering — splat·ter || splætÉ™(r) n. act or sound of splattering; amount splattered, spatter, splash v. splash, spatter, scatter in drops; mark with scattered drops of a liquid; cause to spatter; make a spattering sound …

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  • 97splatters — splat·ter || splætÉ™(r) n. act or sound of splattering; amount splattered, spatter, splash v. splash, spatter, scatter in drops; mark with scattered drops of a liquid; cause to spatter; make a spattering sound …

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  • 98spot — n *place, position, location, situation, site, station Analogous words: *locality, district, neighborhood, vicinity: region, *area, tract, belt, zone: section, sector (see PART) spot vb Spot, spatter, sprinkle, mottle, fleck, stipple, marble,… …

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  • 99splash — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. spatter or cause (liquid) to spatter in small drops. 2 tr. cause (a person) to be spattered with liquid etc. (splashed them with mud). 3 intr. a (of a person) cause liquid to spatter (was splashing about in the bath). b… …

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  • 100splash — I. verb Etymology: alteration of plash Date: 1715 intransitive verb 1. a. to strike and dash about a liquid or semiliquid substance b. to move in or into a liquid or semiliquid substance and cause it to spatter 2. a. (1) to become spattered a …

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