Discredit in a sentence as a noun

He falsely claimed to have done it himself and slandered his student to discredit him.

Like most theories of state failure, there's some good examples but enough weak or counter examples to discredit it as 'the' answer.

"It may be asked why it is even worth spending time on these remnants of the utterly discredited postmodernist movement.

I don't think I'll ever be able to hear the name Palantir without thinking of the HBGary fiasco and the plan to discredit Wikileaks.

Discredit in a sentence as a verb

Are you suggesting that disparaging the author without attempting to discredit their argument is somehow better?

Instead, it was because the government was found to have illegally bugged his phone and broken into the office of his psychiatrist in order to find material with which to discredit him.

It's like an all-inclusive guidebook for how to look down upon others and discredit them internally without any of the messy business of actually communicating with them about "their" issues.

One of the less immediately obvious sources of money was actually the tobacco companies, who are trying to discredit public health organizations whose anti-smoking campaigns are cutting into profits.

Discredit definitions

noun

the state of being held in low esteem; "your actions will bring discredit to your name"; "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute"

See also: disrepute

verb

cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"

verb

damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"

See also: disgrace

verb

reject as false; refuse to accept

See also: disbelieve