lambast
/læmˈbæst/
verb
- To criticize someone or something very harshly, often in a public way.
- The critic lambasted the movie for its weak plot and poor acting.
- Parents lambasted the school board for cutting music programs.
- The newspaper editorial lambasted the government's new policy.
- To beat or strike someone repeatedly and violently.
- In the comic strip, the hero lambasts the robber with a frying pan.
- The boxer lambasted his opponent with a series of powerful punches.
- The old tale tells of a villain who lambasted his enemies with a club.