attack ad

noun

a public notice, such as a printed display or a short film on television, in which a political party criticizes or abuses an opponent

Jonathan Kay reviews the Canadian Conservatives' first attack ad against Justin Trudeau and finds it surprisingly tame.

This latest attack ad looks to many like only one more attempt to enflame an ancient American wound.

Ad makers were ordered to work all night to produce an attack ad.

That's the Obama campaign's new attack ad against Mitt Romney, and yeah, it draws blood.

She was watching a rebroadcast with her father when Barrett brought up the attack ad.

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