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besmear

verb as in defile

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Example Sentences

His intensity of loathing leads him to besmear his antagonists with filth.

Was it honour and fair play to besmear my mother's name, to throw reflections upon my birth?

They fashion his image of kadamb7 wood and besmear it with red lead.

Madame Boche, in her turn, caught sight of Lantier and uttered a faint cry without ceasing to besmear her face with her tears.

The reverse of besmear is to rub off; hence to obliterate means to rub out, to erase.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to besmear, such as: befoul, besmirch, blacken, cloud, denigrate, and dirty.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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