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criticize
verb as in disapprove, judge as bad
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blame, blast, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, condemn, denounce, excoriate, reprimand
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bash, blister, carp, clobber, disparage, fluff, fustigate, hit, knock, lambaste, pan, rap, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, rip, roast, scorch, skin, slam, slog, slug, trash, trim, zap
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animadvert on, come down on, cut down, cut to bits, cut up, denunciate, do a number on, dress down, find fault, fulminate against, give bad press, jump on, nag at, nit-pick, pick at, scathe, skin alive, take down
verb as in analyze, interpret
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Villaraigosa also focused on the need to build more housing, criticizing bureaucratic red tape and slow permitting processes.
“Your criticizing the Secretary’s visit to the Pier is bizarre as she works to fix this issue for more than 1 million visitors that used to visit the pier,” McLaughlin added.
But he said criticizing the government of Israel or its policies is not.
He is among a field of current and former lawmen who have criticized Luna’s time in office as ineffective, uninspiring and opaque.
That video has since been taken down, but recorded versions of it and response videos criticizing Grewal continue to circulate.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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