read riot act
SEE DEFINITION OF read riot actSynonyms for read riot act
- assail
- berate
- castigate
- excoriate
- scold
- upbraid
- attack
- blister
- bludgeon
- censure
- criticize
- cudgel
- denounce
- flay
- flog
- hammer
- hit
- pan
- pelt
- pound
- pummel
- rebuke
- reprimand
- roast
- scorch
- scourge
- shellac
- slam
- slap
- slash
- smear
- smother
- strike
- thrash
- trim
- wallop
- whip
- lash into
- rake over the coals
- read the riot act
- rip into
- scathe
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imposed
verbset, dictate- appoint
- burden
- charge
- command
- compel
- constrain
- decree
- demand
- encroach
- enforce
- enjoin
- establish
- exact
- fix
- foist
- force
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- inflict
- infringe
- institute
- introduce
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- lay
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- levy
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- ordain
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- prescribe
- presume
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- put foot down
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.