See lambaste in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
- (Informal)
To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows:
assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh. (Slang) clobber. Idiom: rain blows on. See attack, strike - (Informal)
To criticize for a fault or an offense:
admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap1, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid. (Informal) bawl out. (Slang) chew out. Idioms: bring (or call) (or take) to task, call on the carpet, haul (or rake) over the coals, let someone have it. See attack, praise
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