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de•fam•a•to•ry
Pronunciation: (di-fam'u-tôr"ē, -tōr"ē), [key]—
adj.
containing defamation; injurious to reputation; slanderous or libelous:
She claimed that the article in the magazine was defamatory. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.