LASH OUT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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