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Verb

Present participle for to publicly criticize or castigate harshly

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

pummelling^UK

hauling over the coals

giving someone a dressing-down

throwing brickbats at

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a bad press

tearing off a strip

casting aspersions on

tearing a strip off

giving a bad press to

libeling^US

libelling^UK

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

calling over the coals

going for the jugular

rapping over the knuckles

taking apart

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a rollicking

tongue-lashing

raking over the coals

tying into

jumping down one's throat

letting someone have it

jumping down someone's throat

doing a hatchet job on

giving something a bad press

tearing to pieces

giving something a battering

jumping on one's case

biting someone's head off

snapping someone's head off

giving someone a wigging

giving a talking-to

calling down

dragging over the coals

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

giving someone a mouthful

coming down on

pulling up

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone some stick

giving someone a rating

leaning on

giving someone a caning

giving someone what for

giving someone an earful

rapping someone the knuckles

crawling all over

burning someone's ears

pinning your ears back

putting someone on the griddle

putting someone on the hot seat

dragging through the mud

dishonoring^US

look down one's nose at

bringing into disrepute

dragging through the mire

speaking badly of

skinning alive

blackening the name of

passing strictures upon

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

satirizing^US

ostracizing^US

ostracising^UK

sullying the reputation of

taking a swipe at

blackening the reputation of

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

satirising^UK

conducting a smear campaign against

ragging on

spreading scandal about

running smear campaign

bringing down

holding up to ridicule

running a smear campaign against

reviewing unfavorably

giving a tongue-lashing

blackening the character of

holding someone to blame

shooting full of holes

bringing discredit to

dragging someone's name through the mud

ripping up and down

tarring and feathering

hurting somebody's feelings

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

stepping on one's toes

regarding with disgust

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

blackening someone's name

turning up one's nose

taking the piss out of

making fun of

heaping scorn on

treating with contempt

vanquishing

confusing

ripping up

causing to feel small

taking the wind out of your sails

making someone eat humble pie

making ashamed

settling someone's hash

casting down

bringing low

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

putting to shame

putting out of countenance

giving your opinion of

writing a critique of

commenting on

reading through

correcting

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“The politician's opponents decided to potshot her policies during the debate, aiming to discredit her proposals.”

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