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blackwash
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun blackwash has 3 senses
- blackwash(n = noun.communication) assassination, character assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation; Array is a kind of calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement
- blackwash(n = noun.artifact) black lotion - a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores; Array is a kind of application, lotion
- blackwash(n = noun.artifact) Array - a wash that colors a surface black; Array is a kind of wash
Verb blackwash has 2 senses
- blackwash(v = verb.communication) Array - bring (information) out of concealment; Array is one way to break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
- blackwash(v = verb.change) Array - color with blackwash; Array is one way to color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
Sample sentences:
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Something ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
blackwash, n.
- A lotion made by mixing calomel and lime water. [1913 Webster]
- A wash that blackens, as opposed to
whitewash ; hence, figuratively, calumny. [1913 Webster]"To remove as far as he can the modern layers of black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen." [1913 Webster]
blackwash, v.
- same as defame. [WordNet 1.5]
- to color with blackwash. [WordNet 1.5]
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