character assassination

Fig. seriously harming someone's reputation. The review was more than a negative appraisal of his performance. It was total character assassination.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Abdulah	-	Bosnian
Juana	HWAH-nah	Spanish
Vicente	bee-THEN-te (Spanish), bee-SEN-te (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Hayato	hah-yah-to	Japanese
Nasser	-	Arabic
Ihor	EE-hawr	Ukrainian