libellous
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libellous
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(က) [C] အသရေဖျက်သည့်စာ။
a libel printed first in ‘Private Eye’.
(ခ) [U] (law ) အသရေဖျက်မှု။
sue a newspaper for libel ❍ a libel action brought by the actor’s ex-wife ❍ libel damages. Compare SLANDER
v (-ll-; US -l- ) သိက္ခာချသည်။ အသရေဖျက်သည်။ She alleged that the magazine had libelled her.
❏ libellous (US libelous ) / 'laÇbǝlǝs / adj အသရေ ပျက်စေသော။ a libellous statement.
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- libel / 'laÇbl / n (က) [C] အသရေဖျက်သည့်စာ။ a libel printed first in ‘Private Eye’. (ခ) [U] ( law ) အသရေဖျက်မှု။ sue a newspaper for libel
- a libel action brought by the actor’s ex-wife
- libel damages. Compare SLANDER v ( -ll-; US -l- ) သိက္ခာချသည်။ အသရေဖျက်သည်။ She alleged that the magazine had libelled her. ❏ libellous ( US libelous ) / 'laÇbǝlǝs / adj အသရေ ပျက်စေသော။ a libellous statement.
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defamation, vilification, slander, asperse, aspersion, bad-mouth, blister, burlesque, calumniate, calumny, caricature, character assassination, crack, defame, denigrate, denigration, derogate, drag name through mud, give a black eye, knock, lying, malicious, malign, mark, mark wrong, obloquy, often malicious, revile, roast, scandalize, scorch, sizzle, slur, smear, sully, tarnish, tear down, traduce, travesty, vilify, vituperation
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