5
trash(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute)
3
make mincemeat of(expression, idiom)
3
pull apart(verb, expression, phrasal verb, charge, criticize)
3
rend
3
split(verb, tear, disintegrate, rupture, fracture)
3
tear off(verb, phrasal verb, break, tear, pluck)
2
admonish(verb, charge, oppose, criticize, scorn)
2
backbite(verb, charge, sound, criticize, scorn)
2
bad-mouth(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute)
2
bash(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute)
2
belittle(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute)
2
berate(verb, charge, sound, oppose, criticize)
2
blame(verb, charge, oppose, criticize, scorn)
2
blow off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, sound, insult)
2
calumniate(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute)
2
cap(verb, sound, insult, offend, persecute)
2
castigate(verb, charge, sound, oppose, criticize)
2
cavil(verb, charge, criticize, scorn, condemn)
2
chide(verb, charge, oppose, criticize, scorn)
2
cleave
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