Meaning of swiftboat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of gunboat used by the United States military on inland waterways.
2. A smear campaign based on specious claims.
   attributive, usually

Examples

“The men narrowly missed death when the swiftboat in front of theirs took a direct⟳ hit from a Communist rocket-propelled grenade.”

“Kilgore represents one of Willard's guides into the heart of darkness. The swiftboat captain represents another.”

“We felt like⟳ Athenian sailors waiting for Persian triremes to blunder into the straits of Messina, but we were probably more like⟳ Vietcong irregulars waiting to ambush American swiftboat captains.”

“When I was serving on a swiftboat in Vietnam, my crewmates and I had a dog we called VC. We all took care of him, and he stayed with us and loved riding on the swiftboat deck.”

“Lately, however, Republican swiftboat attacks have⟳ begun to fall⟳ short.”

“So I saw⟳ this swiftboat TV attack on Jefferson.”

“The Swiftboat strategy aims at hitting the target⟳ at his/her perceived area of strength, to discredit and degrade what would have⟳ been a political advantage.”

“Morano went on to become⟳ the pit bull of the climate change⟳ denial movement, launching swiftboat-like attacks as before, but this time directed against climate science and climate scientists.”

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