4
beat(verb, attack, criticize, censure, discipline)
4
call names(verb, expression, sound, abuse, criticize)
4
excoriate(verb, attack, criticize, censure, reprimand)
4
fulminate(verb, criticize, rage, protest, complain)
4
harangue(verb, criticize, rebuke, lecture)
4
inveigh(verb, abuse, criticize, blame, protest)
4
rail against(verb, abuse, revile)
4
swear at(verb, expression, sound, abuse, rage)
4
tick off(verb, expression, oppose, criticize, censure)
4
wig
3
betongue
3
blast(verb, charge, attack, abuse, criticize)
3
blow sky-high(verb, abuse, criticize)
3
blow up(verb, expression, abuse, rage, protest)
3
chew(verb, criticize, informal, rebuke, harangue)
3
come down on(verb, expression, idiom, abuse, criticize)
3
damn(verb, abuse, disparage, denounce, smear)
3
deprecate(verb, charge, criticize, scorn, condemn)
3
drub(verb, abuse, criticize, censure, reprimand)
3
execrate(verb, rage, curse, rail, rant)
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