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                    as in scolding
                                                
              
          
                                                      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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                    as in attacking
                                                
              
          
                                                      to criticize harshly and usually publicly                                       
              
                             movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in licking
                                                
              
          
                                                      to strike repeatedly                                       
              
                             like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in lashing
                                                                                                                                                              
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                    as in bashing
                                                                                                                    
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