| smother(verb, beat, attack, criticize, strike) |
| strike(verb, beat, attack, criticize, reprimand) |
| thrash(verb, beat, attack, criticize, reprimand) |
| trim(verb, beat, attack, criticize, strike) |
| vilify(attack, score, scratch, slam, lacerate) |
| wallop(verb, beat, attack, criticize, strike) |
| whip(verb, beat, attack, criticize, reprimand) |
| berate(verb, beat, attack, criticize, reprimand) |
| censure(verb, beat, attack, criticize, reprimand) |
| condemn(verb, attack, criticize, reprimand, castigate) |
| cut(scratch, lacerate, incise) |
| deride(verb, attack, criticize, reprimand, castigate) |
| have your knife in(verb, expression, idiom, attack, criticize) |
| incise(scratch, lacerate) |
| lacerate(scratch, incise) |
| lance(scratch, lacerate, incise) |
| lay into(verb, expression, attack, criticize, reprimand) |
| punish(verb, beat, attack, criticize, reprimand) |
| rebuke(verb, beat, attack, criticize, reprimand) |
| reprimand(verb, beat, attack, criticize, punish) |