2
bad-mouth(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute)
2
bash(verb, break, beat, separate, sound)
2
belabor(verb, break, beat, separate, hit)
2
belittle(verb, attack, sound, criticize, censure)
2
blow off(expression, sound, insult, offend, persecute)
2
break(verb, beat, separate, defeat, hit)
2
cap(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute)
2
chaste
2
come down on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, attack)
2
compensate
2
cuss out(verb, expression, sound, criticize, insult)
2
cut down(verb, expression, sound, censure, condemn)
2
cut to the quick(expression, idiom, sound, insult, offend)
2
cut up(expression, charge, criticize, scorn, censure)
2
defile(verb, disapprove)
2
denunciate(verb, charge, attack, abuse, criticize)
2
depreciate(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn)
2
deride(verb, attack, criticize, reprimand, disapprove)
2
derogate(verb, attack, sound, criticize, censure)
2
discount(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute)
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