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calumniate

/ calumniate /

verb

verb Sense 1

charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

"The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

Type of:

charge accuse

Kinds of:

assassinate libel badmouth malign traduce

Derived:

smear vilification malignment defamation calumny

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s on something

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