Meaning & use
Smeared
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Spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface in a messy way; also, damaged someone's reputation with false or unfair accusations.
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He smeared sunscreen across his shoulders before heading to the beach.
The tabloids smeared the candidate with unfounded rumors just before the election.
A note on using this word
The figurative political sense — a 'smear campaign' — has become at least as common as the literal, messy one.
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cleaned
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