lambaste

[1]

beat , cane , flog , whip , scourge , lambast , flog , lash , maul , horsewhip , cane , birch , thrash , bludgeon , trounce , drub , pummel , batter , belabour , cudgel

[2]

censure , call on the carpet , take to task , rebuke , scold , rebuke , rag , reprimand , chide , trounce , reproof , admonish , reprove , lecture , reprimand , upbraid , berate , jaw , dress down , scold , revile , call down , scold , attack , castigate , chide , berate , flay , (Colloq) dress down , bawl out , remonstrate , get on (someone's) back , rake/haul over the coals , chew out , chew up , (US) call down , (Slang) chew/bawl out , have words , lambast