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slur(verb, law, attack, ruin, oppose)
6
asperse(verb, law, attack, slight, abuse)
6
libel(verb, law, attack, push, slight)
6
slander(verb, law, attack, ruin, oppose)
6
vilify(verb, law, attack, ruin, oppose)
5
calumniate(verb, law, attack, push, slight)
5
defame(verb, law, attack, ruin, oppose)
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rip(verb, scorn, disparage, discredit, knock)
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denigrate(verb, dismiss, crush, push, slight)
4
smear(verb, ruin, oppose, dismiss, destroy)
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disparage(verb, reduce, ruin, oppose, destroy)
3
roast(verb, attack, mark, dismiss, push)
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run down(verb, expression, attack, reduce, ruin)
3
scandalize(verb, mark, slight, criticize, crack)
3
traduce(verb, law, attack, dismiss, push)
2
backbite(verb, law, attack, disparage, belittle)
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bad-mouth(verb, slight, abuse, criticize, scorn)
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belittle(verb, reduce, dismiss, destroy, slight)
2
blister(verb, mark, crush, push, slight)
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cut down to size(verb, expression, idiom, attack, reduce)
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