tear apart

Strongest matches

• insult
• offend
• persecute
• revile

Strong matches

• backbite
• bash
• belittle
• berate
• calumniate
• cap
• castigate
• decry
• defame
• derogate
• discount
• knock
• minimize
• nag
• oppress
• reproach
• ride
• scold
• signify
• slam
• slap
• smear
• sound
• trash
• upbraid
• vilify
• vituperate
• zing

Weak matches

• bad-mouth
• blow off
• cuss out
• cut down
• cut to the quick
• do a number on
• dump on
• give a black eye
• hurl brickbat
• pick on
• put down
• rag on
• rip up
• run down
• sling mud
• swear at

Strongest matches

• blow
• break
• crack
• detonate
• disintegrate
• erupt
• explode
• pop
• rupture
• rush
• shatter

Strong matches

• discharge
• fracture
• fragment
• perforate
• pierce
• prick
• puncture
• run
• shiver
• splinter
• split
• spout

Weak matches

• fly open
• gush forth
• rend asunder

Strongest matches

• admonish
• berate
• castigate
• chastise
• chide
• denounce
• discipline
• rebuff
• rebuke
• reprimand
• reproach
• scold

Strong matches

• abuse
• animadvert
• asperse
• attack
• backbite
• blame
• cavil
• contemn
• denigrate
• deprecate
• disapprove
• disparage
• impugn
• incriminate
• judge
• knock
• lecture
• ostracize
• remonstrate
• reprehend
• reprove
• upbraid

Weak matches

• carp at
• cut up
• exprobate
• find fault with
• get after
• look askance
• pick apart
• pull apart
• read out
• take to task
• tell off

Strongest matches

• admonish
• berate
• castigate
• censure
• chide
• go after
• oppose
• reprimand
• reproach
• scold
• upbraid

Strong matches

• blame
• fry
• give a talking-to
• jawbone
• lecture
• lesson
• monish
• pay
• rake
• read
• reprehend
• reprove
• rip
• zap

Weak matches

• bawl out
• call on the carpet
• carp on
• chew out
• climb all over
• dress down
• jump down one's throat
• jump on
• lay into
• lean on
• sit on
• sound off
• take to task
• tell off
• tick off