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CHARACTER ASSASSINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
Synonyms:
assassination; blackwash; character assassination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("character assassination" is a kind of...):
calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; obloquy; traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)
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