HATCHET JOB Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

hatchet job

noun

Definition of hatchet job

as in criticism

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Recent Examples of hatchet job This hatchet job does not follow the rules of law, has no analysis or actual auditing done to support actions and tramples on the rights of government employees. — Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025 Neither hagiography nor hatchet job, the movie casts an understanding eye on a once-infamous musical artist who weathered dizzying highs and devastating lows. — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024 No amount of mainstream media hatchet jobs can disguise those optics. — David Medina, Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2024 Trump supporters say the potential prosecution is a politically motivated hatchet job disconnected from the law. — Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023 Later, the scene is recut as a hatchet job on social media that leads to Tár’s downfall. — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023

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Noun

Vucic has pushed hard against the protesters as the government faced international criticism over police violence and arbitrary detentions of demonstrators.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
His political interests would be served if Republicans were to stop attacking Carlson and if Carlson were to tone down his criticism of the GOP.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of criticism

Noun

Ukraine's State Emergency Service said Tuesday that Russian strikes on Kyiv had killed one person and wounded seven other people since the start of the day, with attacks carried out on the capital's gas stations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
The number of products deployed or dollars spent says little about an organization’s ability to withstand an attack.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of attack

Noun

Apple prefaced its reveal with a denunciation of foldables that open into a square aspect ratio.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
What Assange wanted was not a system hardened against attacks, but one tied in knots, hopelessly conflicted and filled with suspicion, denunciations, and purges.

— Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of denunciation

Noun

Once rare, censures and expulsions have become more common, particularly in the House.

— Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Following the vote, Speaker Mike Johnson asked Edwards to present himself in the well of the chamber as the censure resolution was read aloud.

— John Parkinson, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of censure

Noun

When the couple is suspected of child abuse, their five kids are taken away by protective services.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2026
While rights activists accuse Bukele's government of widespread abuses, the country is notably safer than many other countries whose people have recently lost TPS protections.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of abuse

Noun

That court, which has five judges appointed by Republican governors and two appointed by Democrats, then summoned Hoskins, a Republican, to appear for a contempt of court hearing Thursday.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is set to face the state Supreme Court today to explain why he should not be held in contempt of court.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of contempt

Noun

Beyond just seeing him as an outsider, the loudest critiques of Cenat’s foray into fashion seem to be wrapped up in a broader disdain for streamer culture writ large.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
The story resonated, not because this one World Cup match mattered, but because the presumptuous disdain that America showed for everyone else was so familiar.

— Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of disdain

Noun

Each was cast as the antagonist in the game that saw England’s exit a World Cup or European Championship, prompting invective from rival supporters and a siege mentality in Manchester.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
These invectives evidently haven’t spooked Son, who once predicted that AI superintelligence would exist by 2035.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026

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