- defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job - a malicious attack
--1 is a kind of disparagement, depreciation, derogation
--1 has particulars:character assassination, assassination, blackwash; smear, vilification, malignment; libel; slander; name calling, names; name, epithet Derived form: verb defame1 - aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration - an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
--2 is a kind of attack
Derived form: verb defame1