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  • noun Plural form of defamation.

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Examples

  • I have previously outlined on this website the concoctions of the well-funded UN body UNRWA which have resulted in defamations of Israel and physical attacks on Jews in many different countries around the world.

    The BBC's bias against Israel Not a sheep 2009

  • Examine the wondrous behaviour of the Prophets, and recall the defamations and denials uttered by the children of negation and falsehood, perchance you may cause the bird of the human heart to wing its flight away from the abodes of heedlessness and doubt unto the nest of faith and certainty, and drink deep from the pure waters of ancient wisdom, and partake of the fruit of the tree of divine knowledge.

    The Kitáb-i-Íqán 1817-1892 Bah��'u'll��h 1854

  • He insisted that my "defamations" were not up to the

    Edward Champion's Reluctant Habits 2009

  • The worst is over but they have done so much damage with so many lies, defamations and inventions. he said, alluding to wide-spread speculation that the single-day appearance of low levels of clenbuterol had been the result of an illicit transfusion of blood, stored at a time when he might have been using clenbuterol without detection.

    Alberto Contador vows to fight any WADA or UCI appeals 2011

  • The professor released a statement that "Cultural Revolution-style curses and defamations, no matter at whom they are directed, are not conducive to the building of Chinese national identity among Hong Kong people."

    Hong Kong Struggle Sessions 2012

  • Defined literally, a roorback is a “defamatory falsehood published for political effect,” but I wanted the grand old word to stand for all the defamations and falsehoods published and proffered in our irreverent media age.

    AMERICAN SUBVERSIVE DAVID GOODWILLIE 2010

  • "I am pleased to say that our efforts are paying off and more countries are voting against the 'defamations of religions' resolution each year," said Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N. Y., in a recent statement.

    U.S. Activists Lobby Against U.N. Religious Defamation Resolution The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Both times, Mother and we confronted him about it, and each time he denied the accusations, naming them completely false, defamations with no foundation whatsoever.

    Freud’s Blind Spot Elisa Albert 2010

  • "I am pleased to say that our efforts are paying off and more countries are voting against the 'defamations of religions' resolution each year," said Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N. Y., in a recent statement.

    U.S. Activists Lobby Against U.N. Religious Defamation Resolution Josh Fleet 2010

  • "I am pleased to say that our efforts are paying off and more countries are voting against the 'defamations of religions' resolution each year," said Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N. Y., in a recent statement.

    U.S. Activists Lobby Against U.N. Religious Defamation Resolution Josh Fleet 2010

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