bespatter

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be⋅spat⋅ter

[bi-spat-er]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to soil by spattering; splash with water, dirt, etc.

2.	to slander or libel: a reputation bespattered by malicious gossip.

Origin:
1635–45; be- + spatter

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be·spat·ter (bĭ-spāt'ər)

tr.v. be·spat·tered, be·spat·ter·ing, be·spat·ters
To spatter with or as if with mud: "a thoughtful, anti-activist judge being bespattered with charges of racism, sexism, hypocrisy and dishonesty" (William Safire).

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