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lambast

[ UK /lˈæmbɑːst/ ]
VERB
  1. beat with a cane
  2. censure severely or angrily
    The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
    The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
    The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

How To Use lambast In A Sentence

  • He lambasted software companies for piling on marginal features in incessant upgrades that can downgrade user efficiency.
  • They were severely lambasted for being so inept and so incompetent.
  • We discussed Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's concerns that blogging is just 'pub bores' ( see debate on political blogging here on TV), the state of the blog wars, in which both sides have taken a lot of flak, particularly Tim, who has provoked a needed debate about damage done to the image of blogging by lack of basic 'netiquette', and who has been viciously ( anonymously) lambasted for it, which rather proves his original point. Blogger TV again
  • Washington trying 'to dictate its rules' By Dalila Mahdawi Daily BEIRUT: Hizbullah on Tuesday lambasted what it called brazen American interference in Lebanon's Star staff Monday, June 01, 2009 - Powered by ... WN.com - Articles related to Hudson will return to Chicago to film ABC special
  • In a direct swipe at his brother, Ed, who used a Guardian article on Monday to lambast Nick Clegg for selling out Liberal principles, the shadow foreign secretary will criticise what he calls a patchwork approach to building electoral support. David Miliband takes 'comfort zone' swipe at Ed in Labour leadership fight
  • When she chuckles at his saying he has not "lambasted" teachers, he says he will take another question if she "just wants to put on a show. Forbes.com: News
  • The trouble began in the 1992 campaign, when Clinton did precisely what Dole chose not to do: he played politics with the China issue, winning points with Democratic Party constituencies -- labor unions and human-rights groups -- by lambasting George Bush for maintaining normal trade relations (most-favored nation means normal) and "codd [ling] tyrants" in Beijing. Chinese 'Face' Time
  • He criticises his own players in public, lambasts the fans if attendances are down, admits the team stinks when it does, and occasionally entertains journalists by reading them his personal e-mails.
  • Only months ago, the idea that Mr Bush would publicly lambast America's corporate bosses was laughable.
  • Why did it have to be the audit commission that lambasted hospitals for being filthy and unhygienic?
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