单词	attack dogs
释义	attack dog noun 1 : a dog trained to attack on command or on sight 2 : a person noted for harsh, personal, and usually public verbal attacks against others a political attack dog —usually hyphenated when used before another noun attack-dog tactics Synonyms mudslinger See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The charges against the candidate were made by one of the governor's attack dogs. his reputation as a political attack dog earned him the vice presidential spot on the ticket Recent Examples on the Web Cardano left the rebukes to his loyal attack dog, Ferrari. Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2022 The McCain campaign used Durant as an attack dog to criticize Obama’s decision to cancel a visit to Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany to visit wounded troops there. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 15 May 2022 Even his attack dog and closest adviser, Melissa De Rosa, jumped ship. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2021 Otherwise, the veep's role in American politics has mostly been to serve as national laughing stock and occasional political attack dog for the president — often but not always on the outside looking in when the big decisions are made. Joel Mathis, The Week, 15 Nov. 2021 Devin Nunes, a reliable attack dog for Donald Trump, is quitting Congress to head up the former president’s new media startup, the Trump Media & Technology Group. David Meyer, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2021 Reed then backed Bottoms in the 2017 election, serving as her attack dog. Ernie Suggs, ajc, 1 Dec. 2021 This approach is very much in display across Eastern Europe – the encouragement of discord in Bosnia, the hollowing out of Hungarian politics and in particular the harnessing of Belarus as a form of geopolitical attack dog against the EU. Mike O'sullivan, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2021 USA Freedom Fund has shown signs of serving as a campaign attack dog for Mandel. Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 23 Oct. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1939, in the meaning defined at sense 1 attack dogs noun plural of attack dog as in polemists one who makes harsh, personal attacks against opponents his reputation as a political attack dog earned him the vice presidential spot on the ticket Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance polemists mudslingers hired guns sharks hit men hatchet men polemicists barracuda barracudas
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