personal attack

collocation in English

meaningsofpersonalandattack

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personal
adjective
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us
/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofpersonalandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpersonal attack

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A characterizing feature of big-man politics then and now is just this sort ofpersonalattackon the integrity of one's rival.
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Nicholson's campaign was run as much as apersonalattackon his opponent's outside interests as on ideological issues.
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Byanyima's crusade is beginning to bite, in the sense that she has come under increasinglypersonalattackfrom the president himself.
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Apersonalattackhas been made on me.
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I will not try now to deal with hispersonalattack.
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However grave may be the issue no personal character is involved, and nopersonalattackis made.
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That was a wounding and bitterpersonalattack.
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I object very much to thatpersonalattack.
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I shall make nopersonalattackon him in return.
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I am not trying to make apersonalattack.
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I say that is a deliberate slur, and in fact an insult, not so much an individual orpersonalattack.
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I think that this is an unfairpersonalattack.
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One is entitled to ask for a withdrawal when that type ofpersonalattackis made without the slightest foundation of fact, reality or understanding.
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He has also made apersonalattackon the bishop because he disagreed with his views.
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Making apersonalattackunder the guise of a point of order is very unfair.
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By definition, and with no disparagement orpersonalattackupon them, employed prosecutors cannot be, nor perceived to be, independent.
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For some reason, he seems to have singled me out for apersonalattack.
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I did not mean my speech yesterday to be apersonalattackupon her.
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No names have been used and there has been nopersonalattackon anyone.
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It was not apersonalattackon him, as he well knows.
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