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lambasted
[lam-bey-stid, -ba-]
adjective
having been strongly or severely criticized.
Unfortunately, a very weak script and lackluster direction resulted in a critically lambasted film and poor box office.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of lambaste.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lambasted1
Example Sentences
It was in Cairo, where he attended a continental leaders' summit, that he lambasted the older generation of African leaders "who wanted to stay in power for decades".
Congress lambasted the FDA for the shortages and started requiring the agency to prove every year how it was combatting the problem.
President Trump lambasted Biden over his broad expansion of programs allowing humanitarian entry, known as parole.
Some critics have lambasted her for failing to bring a satellite contact device — which allows people to send messages in areas without cell service — arguing she wasted law enforcement resources in the search for her.
The Conservatives have lambasted the deal as "surrender", attacking both the 12-year extension to existing fishing quotas and the commitment for the UK to follow EU rules on agriculture.
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