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Noun smirch has 2 senses
- smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
--1 is a kind of blemish, defect, mar
--1 has particulars:
- blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
--2 is a kind of mistake, error, fault
Verb smirch has 2 senses
- smirch, besmirch - smear so as to make dirty or stained
--1 is one way to smear
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
--2 is one way to charge, accuse
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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