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as in to scold
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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2
as in to attack
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot
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3
as in to lick
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 lambaste
While the actor is Irish, people on social media and TV critics alike have lambasted the actor for an inauthentic accent.
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
The probe was launched in response to a criminal referral from House Republicans that President Biden’s Department of Justice previously declined to act on.
Democrats and Republicans alike, though, have for years lambasted Cuomo for the 2020 nursing home policy.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
Boeing is currently producing an Air Force aircraft One, which has been delayed alongside other deliveries amid the company's supplier and parts hurdles
Democrats have lambasted the Qatari offer raising broader ethical and security concerns.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 20 May 2025
President Trump on Saturday lambasted Walmart over its decision to raise prices this week due to the high costs associated with the Trump administration’s trade war.
—Sophia Vento, The Hill, 17 May 2025
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
The probe was launched in response to a criminal referral from House Republicans that President Biden’s Department of Justice previously declined to act on.
Democrats and Republicans alike, though, have for years lambasted Cuomo for the 2020 nursing home policy.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
Boeing is currently producing an Air Force aircraft One, which has been delayed alongside other deliveries amid the company's supplier and parts hurdles
Democrats have lambasted the Qatari offer raising broader ethical and security concerns.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 20 May 2025
President Trump on Saturday lambasted Walmart over its decision to raise prices this week due to the high costs associated with the Trump administration’s trade war.
—Sophia Vento, The Hill, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lambaste
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At another meeting in May 2024, Grippo scolded female employees for not working hard enough, although the team was high-performing and employees worked long hours, the lawsuit said.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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In January at the annual World Economic Forum, President Donald Trump scolded Brian Moynihan, the CEO of Bank of America.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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Her dad drove to Boulder to attack the protest three days later, according to investigators.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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After the quake evacuation, the inmates were still outside of the cells when a group suddenly attacked guards, seized their weapons, opened fire and fled, said Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan.—
Brittany Williams,
Arkansas Online,
4 June 2025
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The flames that licked through the football fields and tennis courts at Pali High devoured touchstones of an iconic campus—featured in films like Carrie and Freaky Friday.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
5 June 2025
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Besides, Angela already got her lick back from Porsha’s comments about Charles by instigating the already precarious relationship between Porsha and her bestie and bringing Drew the news that Porsha filmed with Dennis.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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Rather than lecturing, Kahn recommends guiding them to draw their own conclusions.—
Lydia Wang,
Parents,
20 May 2025
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Trump stated during his big speech on the trip that his administration was not there to lecture the region on how to deal with its affairs.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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But, in the end, Berg’s life became proof of a darker truth, one that is newly relevant in the Trump era: doors that swing open can also slam shut.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Footage showed the missile carried six warheads which slammed into different targets close to one another in Dnipro.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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One of his owners, Craig Leipold, did, back in January.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
5 June 2025
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Enter Ketamine To confirm the finding, the team did the experiment again.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
4 June 2025
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The document was quickly criticized for errors and citing studies that don’t exist, as first reported by NOTUS, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news site.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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Harry and Meghan have been criticized for making money out of projects that criticized the royal family, including through the multiyear, multimillion dollar Netflix deal that the Harry & Meghan documentary was part of.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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On May 30, 2025, a Pennsylvania federal court refused NFL player agent Todd France’s request to vacate a December 2023 arbitration decision which ordered France to pay over $800,000 in damages to rival agent Jason Bernstein and which excoriated France for fraudulent conduct.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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This group certainly deserves to be excoriated; Tapper and Thompson marshal lots of evidence that Biden was even worse behind the scenes than in public, and those closest to the president tightly restricted access to him to obscure the problem.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
17 May 2025
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