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personal attack

NOUN

character assassination

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WEAK

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

NOUN

smear campaign

Synonyms

WEAK

character assassination defamation defamation of character dirty politics dirty pool dragging one's name through the mud injury of reputation malicious defamation mudslinging negative campaign negative campaigning slander whispering campaign

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personal attack

“The claims in this personal attack are false, malicious, and defamatory,” Epshteyn said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Asked about the personal attack by Keane, Carrick said: "It didn't bother me."

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

Bondi’s insults got the most press, because she would respond to any hard question by bringing up some irrelevant personal attack on whatever Democrat had her dead to rights.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025

“The abovementioned concerns and beliefs are not a personal attack on Captain Khasaempanth or the numerous executives named in my investigation, nor am I an obstructionist or malcontent,” Morris wrote in his March 2023 email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

There were many letters in the Odessa American, but none made a more personal attack than this one.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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