[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lambaste \lambaste"\, v. t. lam + baste to beat.
   to beat severely; specifically, to beat with a cane. low
   --nares.

   syn: cane, flog, lambaste.
        1913 webster + wordnet 1.5

   2. to scold, reprimand, or berate harshly.

   syn: rebuke, rag, reproof, reprimand, jaw, dress down, scold,
        chide, berate, bawl out, jaw at, remonstrate with, chew
        out, chew up, have words with, lambast.
        wordnet 1.5

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lambaste
     v 1: beat with a cane syn: cane, flog, lambast
     2: censure severely or angrily; "the mother scolded the child
        for entering a stranger's car"; "the deputy ragged the
        prime minister"; "the customer dressed down the waiter for
        bringing cold soup" syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
        rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw,
         dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl
        out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words,
        lambast
see also:
cane flog lambast call on the carpet rebuke rag 
trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw 
dress down call down scold chide berate 
bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

103 moby thesaurus words for "lambaste":
   admonish, attack, bang, baste, batter, bawl out, beat,
   beat all hollow, beat hollow, belabor, berate, best, birch,
   blister, bludgeon, buffet, call down, cane, castigate, censure,
   chew, chew ass, chew out, chide, clobber, crawl, cudgel, cuss out,
   defeat, destroy, do in, dress down, drub, excoriate, fix, flail,
   flap, flay, flog, give a going-over, give hail columbia, give hell,
   give the deuce, give what-for, hammer, hide, hors de combat,
   horsewhip, jack up, knock, larrup, lash, lather, lick, maul,
   outclass, outdo, outfight, outgeneral, outmaneuver, outpoint,
   outrun, outsail, outshine, paste, patter, pelt, pommel, pound,
   pulverize, pummel, put, rap, ream, ream ass, ream out, rebuke,
   reprimand, reprove, revile, ruin, scold, scourge, settle, shellac,
   sit on, skin, skin alive, sledgehammer, smear, smother, spank,
   thrash, thresh, thump, trim, triumph over, trounce, undo, upbraid,
   wallop, whip, worst

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