defame

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Verb defame has 1 sense

defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch - 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"
--₁ is one way to charge, accuse

Derived forms: noun defamation₁, noun defamation₂, noun defamer₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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