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Definition of lambaste verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

lambaste

verb

(also lambast) verb

NAmE//læmˈbeɪst//

, NAmE//læmˈbæst//

lambaste somebody/something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they lambaste

he / she / it lambastes

past simple lambasted

-ing form lambasting

to attack or criticize someone or something very severely, especially in public synonym lay into somebody/something

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