smearers

Those who besmirch

Smearers are people who smear—those who spread damaging allegations or propaganda against someone.

The term appears most often in political contexts, where opponents engage in smear campaigns: The candidate dismissed his critics as partisan smearers.

Less commonly, smearers are simply people who spread a substance across a surface.

defamation

slanderers

Those who defame others

libelersThose who publish defamation
mudslingingMalicious personal attacks
character assassinationDestroying someone's good name

gossipmongers · rumormongers · detractors · scandal · tabloids · propagandists · trolls · haters · accusers · backstabbers

application

spreaders

Things that disp

applicatorsTools for spreading substances
paintersThose who apply pigment
plasterersWall-coating tradespeople

daubers · brushers · butter knife · coaters · renderers · putty knife · joint compound · icing · pasting

testing

swabbers

Those who clean floors

lab techniciansStaff conducting experimental procedures
cytologyStudy of cells
medical testingExaminations to assess health

cervical screening · diagnostic testing · pathology · microscopy · cotton swabs · bacteriology · throat swab · nasal swab

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