as in attack dog
one who makes harsh, personal attacks against opponents a local hot-button issue that has turned some normally mild-mannered neighbors into letter-writing mudslingers

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Recent Examples of mudslinger Social media platforms were a critical battleground during the campaign, with political mudslingers waging cyberwar with few legal constraints after the government failed to act on calls for a new law to protect democracy in the internet age. Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019 In 2010, when the group launched ahead of Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, Brock had imposed a set of self-regulations on the staff that would cultivate an air of respectability for the mudslingers. Gabriel Debenedetti, Daily Intelligencer, 20 May 2018 What must be almost the last charge of this decimated brigade of mudslingers approaches again, carrying with them like a Kathy Griffin icon the utter imbecility of the Steele accusations. Conrad Black, National Review, 11 Oct. 2017 If that lady is a 101-year-old movie legend, any would-be mudslingers best take care, her attorney said this week. Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com, 2 Sep. 2017 He isn’t known as a dogface solider boy or mudslinger in South Miami. Alex Butler, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mudslinger
Noun
  • Other Trump appointees have no qualms about being seen as partisan attack dogs.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
  • Viciousness is the attack dog who has not eaten in three days.
    Arielle Angel, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Sharks spotted off Massachusetts coast: 'This is an enormous shark...
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
  • Whale sharks are also moving between Indian states, highlighting the need for awareness campaigns beyond Gujarat.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025

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“Mudslinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mudslinger. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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