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as in lashing
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as in scolding
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal
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as in attacking
to criticize harshly and usually publicly movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot
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as in licking
to strike repeatedly like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other
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Recent Examples of lambasting
Daniel J. Samet, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2026 In a recent interview with GQ, the billionaire rapper said lambasting the whole billionaire class is a distraction from fixing the structural forces that lead to extreme wealth in the first place. —Jake Angelo, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026 As well as lambasting Shell, this often self-aggrandizing filing out in the low-tech Santa Monica Courthouse has innocuous cameos by the likes of Ari Emanuel and Jay Penske, among others. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026 Locally, political leaders from both parties cited the news in lambasting the other side. —Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026 About 20 residents spoke at Thursday’s meeting, with most lambasting ICE’s tactics and urging the city to push back on the agency’s crackdown. —Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Feb. 2026 While lambasting Menendez Abdala for her selfishness, Freire also blasted her family members — and her former cop boyfriend — who helped her flee to Mexico. —Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026 Ribera has also been outspoken in her views on the current US administration, re-posting a statement by former US President Barack Obama criticizing federal agents’ actions in Minneapolis, for example, and lambasting the US for pulling out of climate agreements. —Suzanne Lynch, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026 For Guardiola to focus on lambasting Hallam was pretty pathetic, all told. —Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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The 2028 Democratic presidential primaries are still two years away, but that hasn’t stopped potential candidates from lambasting Israel, a democratic ally now fighting alongside the United States against Iran. —Daniel J. Samet, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2026 In a recent interview with GQ, the billionaire rapper said lambasting the whole billionaire class is a distraction from fixing the structural forces that lead to extreme wealth in the first place. —Jake Angelo, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026 As well as lambasting Shell, this often self-aggrandizing filing out in the low-tech Santa Monica Courthouse has innocuous cameos by the likes of Ari Emanuel and Jay Penske, among others. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026 Locally, political leaders from both parties cited the news in lambasting the other side. —Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2026 About 20 residents spoke at Thursday’s meeting, with most lambasting ICE’s tactics and urging the city to push back on the agency’s crackdown. —Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Feb. 2026 While lambasting Menendez Abdala for her selfishness, Freire also blasted her family members — and her former cop boyfriend — who helped her flee to Mexico. —Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026 Ribera has also been outspoken in her views on the current US administration, re-posting a statement by former US President Barack Obama criticizing federal agents’ actions in Minneapolis, for example, and lambasting the US for pulling out of climate agreements. —Suzanne Lynch, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026 For Guardiola to focus on lambasting Hallam was pretty pathetic, all told. —Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Infowars creator Alex Jones, journalist Megyn Kelly, and commentator Candace Owens have shared similar opposition to Trump’s decisions in Iran and received a similar lashing from the president.— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2026
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The duo’s direct clashes whiplash with motivational complexity as well as physical lashing out.— Bob Strauss, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
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The target of our petty president’s latest bashing is Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, who seems to be a guy with Midwestern common sense.— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
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Which seems like the anxiety Chalamet was trying to express with his needless opera bashing.— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
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First, as the Florida ACLU’s Howard Simon points out, Uthmeier is not scolding another branch of government.— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026
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Security guard Pascal Duvier, most recently infamous for allegedly scolding 11-year-old Ada Law at a hotel in São Paulo, is clearing the air.— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
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Be sure that the rear lure always has a hook, as the bass typically key in on the ‘straggler’ when attacking a ball of bait.— Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
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Other offences include attacking one victim on September 20, 2006 and another one in September 2016.— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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There’s Cassie licking a melting ice cream cone as the ice cream drips down her bare chest.— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Apr. 2026
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Your table will be licking their fingers.— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
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Riley would have invented invectives.— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
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Today’s writers use it to wildly different ends, from political invectives to plainspoken diaries to surreal dreamscapes.— Patrick Dundon, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2026
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An abduction sequence ties the audience’s nerves in knots with cinematographer Isaac Bauman’s athletic tracking shot loping up the stairs to Margot’s apartment accompanied by Gavin Brivik’s pulse-hammering score.— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Yes, Super Mario Galaxy Movie will have all the hammering power of Imax and PLF screens.— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
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Should the guy who spends his spare time dodging bullets really be lecturing him on death wishes?— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
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The irony here is that after spending decades lecturing China about the merits of free trade, the US is taking a page out of Beijing’s own state capitalist playbook.— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Lambasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/lambasting. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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