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Lambaste   /lˌæmbˈæst/  /lˌæmbˈeɪst/   Listen
Lambaste

verb
1.
Beat with a cane.  Synonyms: cane, flog, lambast.
2.
Censure severely or angrily.  Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce.  "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister" , "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"






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"Lambaste" Quotes from Famous Books



... and some other of my enemies, designated me. Fay did not like me and I happened to to be with Senator Nesmith when he caned Harvey Scott in the Chemeketa Hotel at Salem. My meeting with Senator Nesmith was accidental, but Scott never forgave me, nor did he in fact neglect any opportunity to "lambaste" ...
— Reminiscences of a Pioneer • Colonel William Thompson



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