Meaning of LAMBAST

Pronunciation:			lam'beyst
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[v]  censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic [v]  beat with a cane
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	Synonyms:		bawl out, berate, cane, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, flog, have words, jaw, lambaste, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, trounce
	See Also:		beat, beat up, brush down, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, criticise, criticize, objurgate, pick apart, tell off, work over