blackwash

blackwash
noun
1. an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
Derivationally related forms: ↑assassinate (for: ↑assassination)
Hypernyms: ↑defamation, ↑calumny, ↑calumniation, ↑obloquy, ↑traducement, ↑hatchet job
2. a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores
Syn: ↑black lotion
Hypernyms: ↑lotion, ↑application
Substance Meronyms: ↑limewater, ↑calomel, ↑mercurous chloride
3. a wash that colors a surface black
Hypernyms: ↑wash
verb
1. bring (information) out of concealment
Hypernyms:
unwrap, ↑disclose, ↑let on, ↑bring out, ↑reveal, ↑discover, ↑expose, ↑divulge, ↑break, ↑give away, ↑let out
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

2. color with blackwash
Hypernyms:
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something


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