8
spank(verb, beat, hurt, defeat, hit)
8
admonish(verb, charge, attack, praise, correct)
8
lash(verb, beat, attack, hurt, hit)
7
criticize(verb, charge, attack, reject, oppose)
7
subdue(verb, correct, discipline, reprimand, humiliate)
6
chew out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, praise)
6
come down on(verb, expression, idiom, abuse, criticize)
6
dress down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, attack, praise)
6
scorch(verb, attack, hit, abuse, criticize)
5
afflict(verb, beat, hit, correct, humiliate)
5
blast(verb, charge, beat, hit, abuse)
5
blow up(verb, phrasal verb, abuse, criticize, disapprobation)
5
cane(verb, beat, defeat, hit, crush)
5
condemn(verb, charge, attack, reject, oppose)
5
disapprove(verb, charge, criticize, scorn, censure)
5
drub(verb, beat, abuse, criticize, censure)
5
lambaste(verb, phrasal verb, beat, attack, hit)
5
penalise
5
rail(verb, abuse, criticize, censure, reprimand)
5
reproach(verb, charge, attack, praise, correct)
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