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Assassinate

To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.

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Asperse 76% connected

To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.

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Besmirch 76% connected

To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.

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Calumniate 76% connected

To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.

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Defame 76% connected

To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calum…

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Denigrate 76% connected

To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Slander 76% connected

A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemina…

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Smear 76% connected

To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

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Smirch 76% connected

To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.

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Sully 76% connected

To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.

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Assassin 74% connected

One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.

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Assassin 74% connected

One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.

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Assassination 74% connected

The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.

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Assassination 74% connected

The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.

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