discredit
verb
to harm someone’s reputation
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To harm someone's reputation
slander
verb
to say something about someone that is not true and is likely to damage their reputation
cast aspersions (on)
to say or write things about someone that attack their character, work etc
blacken someone’s reputation/name/character
to do or say something that you know will harm someone’s reputation
knock someone off their pedestal
to show that someone who is very successful or admired or loved very much has faults like everyone else
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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