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Meanings of personal attack in English

Personality attack.

Usage of personal attack in English
1
I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke, Limbaugh said.
Ebony
2
As this article constituted a personal attack upon myself and my views.
The Meaning of Witchcraft
3
His first thought was that it was a personal attack upon himself.
Purple Springs
4
I don't want to make this a personal attack on Jeremy Hunt.
The Guardian
5
A violation of the rule is a really deadly personal attack.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 4
6
Stefan Wikström maintains that he doesn't see the sermon as a personal attack.
The blood spilt
7
McCain played down the personal attack in an interview with MSNBC.
Reuters
8
The idea was rudely dispelled by Miss Meiggs's immediate and decidedly personal attack.
Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University
9
He opened his article by a gross personal attack on myself.
Miscellanies
10
Buron should certainly know better than to resort to personal attack.
The Players
11
One of Lincoln's first acts was to answer a personal attack.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896
12
He wouldn't go so far as to make a personal attack upon you!
The Night Horseman
13
It was part of what modern politics was becoming: personal attack, not political debate.
A journey: my political life
14
In response, Goulter posted a personal attack against Lloyd on social media, inciting self-harm.
Radio NZ
15
This is fitting in with Mr Bridges' personal attack strategy.
Radio NZ
16
But it was the Bishop who first struck the insolent note of personal attack.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
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Personal attack through the time
Personal attack across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common