[Vocabulary] meaning of "scurrilous"

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Which is the more precise meaning of "scurrilous"?

Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary: "said or done unfairly to make people have a bad opinion of someone"

Cambridge Dictionary: "rude and cruel, and sometimes damaging"
 
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