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hatchet job
hatchet jobn. Informal A severe criticism or malicious verbal attack meant to ruin someone's reputation.hatchet job n informal a malicious or devastating verbal or written attack hatch′et job`
n. a maliciously destructive critique or verbal attack. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  hatchet job - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actionscalumniation, calumny, defamation, traducement, obloquyderogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or somethingassassination, blackwash, character assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputationmalignment, smear, vilification - slanderous defamationlibel - a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living personslander - words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of anothername calling, names - verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"epithet, name - a defamatory or abusive word or phrase |
Translationscritica ostilestroncaturahatchet job
hatchet jobA very critical attack on someone or something, especially through media outlets. The movie critic did a real hatchet job on the new film in last week's paper.See also: hatchet, joba hatchet job INFORMALA hatchet job is strong, unfair, often public criticism which harms someone's reputation. Note: A hatchet is a small axe. The reporter set out to do a hatchet job on him and succeeded. The rest of the article is basically a hatchet job on the minister. Note: This expression may relate to violent gang warfare in the United States during the early part of the 20th century. See explanation at `a hatchet man'. See also: hatchet, joba ˈhatchet job (on somebody/something) (informal) strong criticism that is unfair or intended to harm somebody/something: The press did a very effective hatchet job on her last movie.In the past in the US, a hatchet man was a person who was paid to kill somebody, often using a hatchet (= a small axe). A hatchet job was originally therefore a murder.See also: hatchet, jobhatchet job
Synonyms for hatchet jobnoun a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actionsSynonyms- calumniation
- calumny
- defamation
- traducement
- obloquy
Related Words- derogation
- disparagement
- depreciation
- assassination
- blackwash
- character assassination
- malignment
- smear
- vilification
- libel
- slander
- name calling
- names
- epithet
- name
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