besmear
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But it’s just as much about journalistic malpractice, ethical outrages and the besmearing of reputations on the flimsiest of evidence.
They had thrown away their hats and coats, and besmeared with powder and smoke were loading and firing, each for himself.
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With blood besmeared, and white with foam, While big the tears of anguish pour, He seeks, amid the forest's gloom, The humble hermit's hallowed bower.
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To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.
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A septic softening may be induced by besmearing, with septic material, the outside of a blood-vessel containing a thrombus, and this form of softening is usually associated with those conditions favoring this relation.
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