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| drag over the coals(verb, expression, idiom, censure) | |
| dress down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, censure) | |
| drub(verb, censure, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| excoriate(verb, attack, censure, reprimand) | |
| flay(verb, attack, censure, reprimand) | |
| flog(verb, attack, censure, reprimand) | |
| hammer(verb, beat, attack, strike) | |
| hit(verb, beat, attack, strike) | |
| lambaste(verb, beat, attack, censure) | |
| lash(verb, attack, censure, reprimand) | |
| lash into(verb, expression, phrasal verb, beat, attack) | |
| lay out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, censure) | |
| lean on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, censure) | |
| pan(verb, beat, attack, strike) | |
| pelt(verb, beat, attack, strike) | |
| penalize(verb, censure, reprimand, rebuke) | |
| pound(verb, beat, attack, strike) | |
| pummel(verb, attack, censure, reprimand) | |
| punish(verb, attack, censure, reprimand) | |
| rail(verb, censure, reprimand, rebuke) |
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