Push and Smear

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Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.

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Smear and push are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smear" instead a verb "Push".

Nearby Words: pushed, pushy, pushover, pushing, pusher

Smear verb - To rub an oily or sticky substance over.

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Push and smear are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Push" instead a verb "Smear".

Nearby Words: smeared, smearing, smeary

small	small push	small smear
large	large push	large smear
great	great push	great smear
little	little push	little smear
Other adjectives: horizontal, quick, red.

To get rid of what they see as a blight on the neighborhood, they push Grimsdyke into a frenzy by conducting a smear campaign against him, first resulting in the removal of his beloved dogs (while one of them came back to him), and later exploiting parents' paranoiac fears about child molestation.

Source: Film / EC Comics

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