The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LAMBAST
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More clues leading to the result LAMBAST
- Attack a doctor in city street
- Severely reprimand a saint following Jesus?
- Hammer business graduate in final
- Give severe ticking-off to timid creature when last in subject
- Read the riot act – get through about 1Mb
- Pound meat with a stone
- Pan of meat and wine I dropped
- Thrash innocent, a saint
- ‘A million billion’ in US city by end of Pres Trump’s inauguration thrash
- Criticise gentle person sat around
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What does LAMBAST mean?
LAMBAST verb- To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
- (dated in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.