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LASH OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attack in speech or writing
Example:
The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Synonyms:
assail; assault; attack; lash out; round; snipe
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "lash out" is one way to...):
criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lash out"):
abuse; blackguard; clapperclaw; shout (use foul or abusive language towards)
claw (attack as if with claws)
vitriol (subject to bitter verbal abuse)
rip (criticize or abuse strongly and violently)
whang (attack forcefully)
barrage; bombard (address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage)
blister; scald; whip (subject to harsh criticism)
rubbish (attack strongly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
