Definitions

lay to

VERB

blame

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attribute charge chide condemn criticize denounce indict

STRONG

admonish ascribe blast censure disapprove finger frame impute knock rap rebuke reprehend reproach reprove roast saddle skin tax upbraid

WEAK

blow the whistle on climb all over denunciate express disapprobation find fault with hold responsible jump all over jump down one's throat lay a bad trip on lay at one's door let one have it lower the boom pass the buck point the finger stick it to

Antonyms

STRONGEST

absolve acquit approve compliment exonerate free laud praise

STRONG

endorse flatter sanction

WEAK

applaud commend exalt exculpate thank

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of Israelis gathered Tuesday in the central town of Kfar Saba to lay to rest army officer Hadar Goldin, whose remains were returned by Hamas after being held in Gaza for more than a decade.

From Barron's

This report has been long-awaited and the government is hoping it will lay to rest the argument over how best to carry power from the new offshore windfarms in the North Sea.

From BBC

Our country is locked in hundred-year battles with horrors that we cannot lay to rest, over slavery, over the genocide committed against Native Americans, over women and their bodies and their reproductive rights.

From Slate

It was the moment she lay to rest the Olympic ghosts of three years ago.

From BBC

Hull City Council told the BBC it would speak with those affected "to agree how we can lay to rest unidentified ashes".

From BBC

lay to

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