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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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The closest he comes to a good old swipe at his former boss is this delicious line: “Trump did not devise the personal attack in politics, though he may have perfected it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Mr Dyson told court the article was "a personal attack on all that I have done and achieved in my lifetime and is highly distressing and hurtful".

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

“That was just such a personal attack, to attack where my parents were raised,” she said, stifling tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

But those who ran unsuccessfully could be forgiven for seeing Hersey’s quip as a personal attack.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023

There was no sense to it, but the hunger made him angry, as though it were a personal attack on him.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

personal attack

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