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   Lam·baste

   /lamˈbāst/

   

   verb

   • 1. criticize (someone or something) harshly: "they lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘beat, thrash’): from lam1 + baste3. The current sense dates from the late 19th century.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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