"personal attack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: personal attacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} personal attack (plural personal attacks)
  1. An abusive remark about a person, without supporting evidence. Wikipedia link: personal attack Derived forms: personal attacker, personally attack Related terms: insult, offense, swearword Translations (making an abusive remark): 人身攻擊 (Chinese Mandarin), 人身攻击 (rénshēn gōngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), henkilökohtainen hyökkäys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-personal_attack-en-noun-uzpXqMAM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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