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294 entries under verb topic. ×
| lean on(expression, criticize, censure, reprimand) | |
| nit-pick(censure, condemn, blame, blast) | |
| ostracize(attack, criticize, censure, condemn) | |
| pelt(beat, attack, criticize, reprimand) | |
| pound(beat, attack, criticize, irritate) | |
| proscribe(attack, abuse, criticize, censure) | |
| prosecute(attack, criticize, censure, condemn) | |
| pummel(attack, criticize, censure, reprimand) | |
| put someone on the griddle(expression, idiom, attack, praise) | |
| put someone on the hot seat(expression, idiom, attack, praise) | |
| rail(criticize, censure, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| rake over the coals(expression, idiom, cut, attack) | |
| rasp(smooth, clean, spread, stroke) | |
| rate(criticize, censure, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| read the riot act(expression, idiom, attack, criticize) | |
| read the riot act to(expression, idiom, attack, praise) | |
| ream(criticize, censure, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| rile | |
| rip(censure, condemn, blame, blast) | |
| rip into(expression, phrasal verb, cut, attack) |
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