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lambaste
verb
Definition of
lambaste verb
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
lambaste
verb
(
also
lambast
)
læmˈbeɪst
læmˈbeɪst
lambaste somebody/something
(
formal
)
to attack or criticize somebody/something very severely, especially in public
Synonym
lay into