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flay(verb, attack, praise, criticize)
7
scathe(verb, attack, praise, criticize)
7
slash(verb, attack, praise, criticize)
6
lash(verb, attack, praise, criticize)
6
scorch(verb, attack, praise, criticize)
6
score(verb, praise, criticize, divide)
5
castigate(verb, attack, criticize, score)
5
excoriate(verb, attack, praise, criticize)
5
lacerate(verb, divide, score, curtail)
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nick(divide, score, curtail, sever)
5
notch(divide, curtail, sever, carve)
4
blister(verb, attack, praise, criticize)
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rip(verb, divide, curtail, sever)
4
scourge(verb, attack, praise, criticize)
4
scratch(verb, score, strip, lacerate)
3
drub(verb, attack, praise, criticize)
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gash(divide, curtail, sever, carve)
2
lambaste(verb, attack, criticize, censure)
2
puncture(divide, curtail, sever, carve)
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rake over the coals(verb, expression, idiom, attack)
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