savage (v)
blast#2 (v)
pillory#2 (v)
crucify#3 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 32
def criticize harshly or violently
examples The press savaged the new President
The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Hypernym knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
Incoming links
Hyponym knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart

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