Pile-on

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An argument or fight in which one side is greatly advantaged by being more numerous or more closely allied than the other side.

    "We are in a time of never-ending Twitter pile-ons. Sometimes the criticism is warranted: Twitter can be a place for marginalised voices to amplify or bring attention to an injustice they have suffered."

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"We are in a time of never-ending Twitter pile-ons. Sometimes the criticism is warranted: Twitter can be a place for marginalised voices to amplify or bring attention to an injustice they have suffered."

Etymology

Deverbal from pile on.

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