Blackwash

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team. New-Zealand, countable, slang, uncountable
  2. 2
    a wash that colors a surface black wordnet
  3. 3
    A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984. countable, slang, uncountable
  4. 4
    a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores wordnet
  5. 5
    A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation wordnet
  2. 7
    Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes. countable, slang, uncountable
  3. 8
    A villainization campaign. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To villainize, to present in a damaging light. transitive

    "Near-synonyms: tar, smear, besmirch"

  2. 2
    color with blackwash wordnet
  3. 3
    To cover with a black color. transitive

    "The masts of British frigates and U.S. warships blackwashed the piers at the Embarcadero."

  4. 4
    bring (information) out of concealment wordnet
  5. 5
    To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people. transitive

    "Basquiat's epic-size, experimental canvases betray his radical determination to blackwash not solely history but art history."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From black + -wash or black + wash (depending on sense).

Etymology 2

From black + -wash or black + wash (depending on sense).

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