Today's Word "lambaste"
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lambaste \lam-BAYST\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To give a thrashing to; to beat severely. 2 : To scold sharply; to attack verbally; to berate.
"After losing the Higgins account due to clumsy errors, Judith was severely lambasted in front of everyone during the company's weekly meeting."
Lambaste is perhaps from lam, "to beat soundly; to thrash" + baste, "to beat vigorously."
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