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character assassination

NOUN

attack someone's reputation

Synonyms

WEAK

ad hominem blackening dirty politics dirty pool dirty tricks hatchet job muckraking mudslinging name-calling personal attack slanderous attack smear smear campaign

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Actually, the production is a hollow, frantic caricature�The Character Assassination of Gertrude Lawrence as Performed by the Inmates of Madame Tussaud's.

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character assassination

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