Word: lambastes

criticize, chastise, censure, take to task, harangue, rail at, rant at, fulminate against, upbraid, scold, reprimand, rebuke, castigate, chide, reprove, admonish, berate, lay into, tear into, give someone a dressing-down, dress down, give someone what for, give someone a tongue-lashing, tell off, bawl out, chew out, excoriate, call down, lambast, jaw, rag, remonstrate, chew up, have words, trounce, lecture, reproof, flog, cane