A full-scale character assassination of the dead woman got underway in the tabloid press.小报上开始了对那位已故女士全方位的人身攻击。None of those rumors are true. She's been the victim of character assassination.那些谣言都不是真的。她受到了诽谤。All too often politicians discredit themselves by engaging in character assassination.政客们往往在诽谤他人之时破坏了自己的名声。