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