| NOUN | communication | blackwash, character assassination, assassination | an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation |
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| artifact | blackwash, black lotion | a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores | |
| artifact | blackwash | a wash that colors a surface black | |
| VERB | communication | blackwash | bring (information) out of concealment |
| change | blackwash | color with blackwash |
| Meaning | An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | character assassination, assassination | |
| Broader | defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job | A false / false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions |
| Meaning | A mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | black lotion | |
| Broader | lotion, application | liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin |
| Substances | calomel, mercurous chloride | A tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic |
| limewater | solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid | |
| Meaning | A wash that colors a surface black. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | wash | A thin coat of water-base paint |
| Meaning | Bring (information) out of concealment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Broader | unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover | Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
| Meaning | color with blackwash. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in | add color to |
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