| take down(verb, expression, criticize, condemn, blame) |
| take down a peg(verb, expression, idiom, criticize, condemn) |
| talk to(verb, expression, criticize, condemn, blame) |
| tame(verb, correct, discipline, humble, humiliate) |
| tear apart(expression, charge, criticize, scorn, condemn) |
| tick off(verb, expression, criticize, condemn, blame) |
| tongue-lash(verb, correct, criticize, discipline, humble) |
| try(verb, correct, discipline, humble, humiliate) |
| vituperate |
| anathematize |
| ascribe(criticize, blast, flay) |
| attribute(criticize, blast, flay) |
| bark |
| bawl out(verb, expression, criticize, ridicule, upbraid) |
| belabor(verb, abuse, criticize, ridicule, fulminate) |
| bespatter |
| blast(criticize, flay) |
| blister(verb, criticize, ridicule, upbraid, lambaste) |
| blow the whistle on(expression, idiom, criticize, blast, flay) |
| charge(criticize, blast, flay) |