lambast
Britishverb
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to beat or whip severely
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to reprimand or scold
Etymology
Origin of lambast
C17: perhaps from lam 1 + baste ³
Example Sentences
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Kesha has frequently altered the lyrics of her hit single “TikTok” in performances to lambast Combs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025
Yusuf would lambast employees in the office and sometimes in front of wealthy members of the business's concierge service at Velocity Black events.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025
The decision won him new respect and followers as he continued to lambast the Kremlin from his prison cell, but it also cost him his life.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2024
Manuel Oliver, who lost his son in a 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, interrupted Mr. Biden’s speech to lambast him for not doing enough to curb gun violence.
From Washington Times • Jul. 11, 2022
"I only gave him his riding-orders to—to lambast you on general principles for not producing work that will last."
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Kipling, Rudyard
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