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personal attack

NOUN

character assassination

Synonyms

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 inquest previously heard Cusack thought Morgan made a "personal attack" on her by not putting her in the starting line-up for matches.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Mr. Mamdani provoked it by using a malicious, personal attack to promote his pied-à-terre tax.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

My school uniform sweater suddenly bunched in ways that felt like a personal attack.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025

“To summarize, this is an operation to harass me by land, sea and air to try and make me give up politics through a personal attack on my wife,” Sánchez wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

Rush took any challenge, whether from a disease or from a colleague, as a personal attack to be confronted and conquered.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

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