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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