| proscribe(verb, attack, abuse, criticize, censure) |
| prosecute(verb, attack, criticize, censure, condemn) |
| pummel(verb, attack, criticize, censure, reprimand) |
| punish severely(expression, idiom, torture) |
| put down |
| put someone on the griddle(verb, expression, idiom, attack, praise) |
| put someone on the hot seat(verb, expression, idiom, attack, praise) |
| rag |
| rail(verb, criticize, censure, reprimand, rebuke) |
| rake over the coals(verb, expression, idiom, cut, attack) |
| rasp(verb, smooth, clean, spread, stroke) |
| rasping |
| rate(verb, criticize, censure, reprimand, rebuke) |
| read the riot act(verb, expression, idiom, attack, criticize) |
| read the riot act to(verb, expression, idiom, attack, praise) |
| ream(verb, criticize, censure, reprimand, rebuke) |
| reject |
| rile |
| rip(verb, censure, condemn, blame, blast) |
| rip into(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, attack) |