In the two years following Midway, Japanese shipyards managed to splash only six additional fleet carriers. The United States in the same period added seventeen, along with ten medium carriers and eighty-six escort carriers.
mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The mountain was splashed with snow"
a small quantity of something moist or soft; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"
If a magazine or newspaper splashes a story, it prints it in such a way that it is very noticeable. The newspapers splashed the story all over their front pages
A splash of colour is an area of a bright colour which contrasts strongly with the colours around it. Anne has left the walls white, but added splashes of colour with the tablecloth and the paintings
the act of scattering water about haphazardly the sound like water splashing mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The mountain was splashed with snow"
Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures