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单词 hatchet job
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hatchet jobnoun [ C usually singular ]

uk/ˈhætʃ.ɪt ˌdʒɒb/us/ˈhætʃ.ɪt ˌdʒɑːb/informal

a cruel written or spoken attack on someone or something:

Fleck was certainly not the only critic to do a hatchet job on his latest novel.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Damaging reputation

  • besmirch
  • black mark
  • blacken
  • blot
  • blot your copybook idiom
  • calumniate
  • dog
  • drag sb's name through the mire/mud idiom
  • give a dog a bad name idiom
  • hurl/throw/sling mud at sb idiom
  • impugn
  • mud
  • poison
  • scurrilous
  • show someone in a bad light idiom
  • slander
  • stab
  • stain
  • sully
  • taint

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