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assassination, blackwash, character assassination
an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
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malignment, smear, vilification
slanderous defamation
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libel
a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
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slander
words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
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name calling, names
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
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epithet, name
a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
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mud
slanderous remarks or charges
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smear word
an epithet that can be used to smear someone's reputation
