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(of statements) intending to ruin someone's reputation with the use of unpleasant or false information
- Social media platforms have policies in place to remove defamatory content that users might post.
- The article contained defamatory statements that damaged the reputation of the local businessman.
- In court, he had to prove that the accusations against him were false and defamatory to win the libel case.
- The newspaper published a defamatory article about the politician.
- She was hurt by the defamatory remarks made about her at the conference.