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as in to scold
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal
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2
as in to attack
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot
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3
as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other
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Recent Examples of lambaste
The report also lambasted the school’s Program on Religion and Public Life, which studies questions of religion and justice and took on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a case study.
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Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2025
In a fiery speech Tuesday evening, Newsom, wearing his usual navy suit and flanked by California and U.S. flags, stared into a camera and lambasted President Donald Trump’s deployment of the military to suppress protests of deportation raids in Los Angeles.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025
Israel and Trump Shattered Their Hopes | Opinion Trump's own son, Donald Jr., recently pointed to personal motives for war when lambasting President Clinton's intervention decision about Serbia.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
In the midst of brokering a ceasefire in the Middle East, President Trump has still found time to lambaste Jerome Powell for refusing to cut the base rate.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 June 2025
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Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2025
In a fiery speech Tuesday evening, Newsom, wearing his usual navy suit and flanked by California and U.S. flags, stared into a camera and lambasted President Donald Trump’s deployment of the military to suppress protests of deportation raids in Los Angeles.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025
Israel and Trump Shattered Their Hopes | Opinion Trump's own son, Donald Jr., recently pointed to personal motives for war when lambasting President Clinton's intervention decision about Serbia.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
In the midst of brokering a ceasefire in the Middle East, President Trump has still found time to lambaste Jerome Powell for refusing to cut the base rate.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lambaste
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Paul Krugman has referred to deficit hawks as ‘deficit scolds’, because the spend more time warning about the dangers of the deficit than fixing it.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Musk and Gor reportedly clashed in Cabinet meetings where Musk scolded Gor over personnel disagreements in recent months.—
Ally Goelz,
The Washington Examiner,
19 June 2025
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Boone acknowledged that location will be key for Stroman, who can no longer attack hitters head-on at this stage of his career.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2025
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The wild and ugly scenes saw rioters attack law enforcement with rocks and Molotov cocktails while others burned vehicles and other property.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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In the video, the mother dog stays close to her pup, licking him and standing over him protectively.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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While her Nickelodeon and Disney peers have seemingly all had at least one major scandal to their names (ranging from incessant twerking and licking unpurchased donuts to near-fatal overdoses), Palmer’s celebrity was, in part, defined by her lack of verifiable scandals.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
25 June 2025
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Amy Lieberman, a politics and society editor at The Conversation U.S., spoke with Lincoln Mitchell, a political strategy and campaign specialist who lectures at Columbia University, to understand what Mamdani’s primary win might indicate about the direction of national politics.—
Lincoln Mitchell,
The Conversation,
27 June 2025
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DuVernay presents the inhumanity of the situation without lecturing the audience or patronizing the subjects, instead providing an honest portrait of the fear, hope, and lost time that the Central Park Five experienced as the result of a profoundly broken justice system.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
26 June 2025
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In June, the artist slammed ICE in a video recorded in Carolina, Puerto Rico, where officers are seen detaining several people in the streets.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
4 July 2025
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Jewish advocacy groups slammed President Donald Trump for using an anti-Semitic descriptor on Thursday during his Iowa speech celebrating the passage of his spending bill.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 July 2025
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The way to do it is with judicious use of strong contrast colours, and that’s exactly what Nike has done here, with those pinks, blues and reds underneath the armpits and down the side of the shorts.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Accor, which owns the Orient Express brand with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, says a lot of it has to do with the training of its staff and the design, for which award-winning artist and architect Hugo Toro made bespoke Art Deco-era pieces constructed to mirror the group’s train.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
28 June 2025
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Political dynamics: DeSantis criticized the Florida House for delaying condo relief legislation, while House Speaker Daniel Perez defended the decision to address the issue during the regular session, highlighting the collaborative effort between the House and Senate.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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The feud between the two was reignited after Musk criticized Trump’s big legislative package of tax reductions and Medicaid cuts, which passed Congress last week.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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His social media posts excoriating Powell have become a fixture of monthly Fed meetings.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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But this version of the bill was promptly excoriated by vocal coalitions in both parties.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
1 July 2025
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“Lambaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lambaste. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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