competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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lambaste
verb
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Informal. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh.
Slang: clobber.
Idiom:
rain blows on. See
attack, strike
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Informal. To criticize for a fault or an offense: admonish, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, dress down, rap
1, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid.
Informal: bawl out.
Slang: chew out.
Idioms:
bring (or call) (or take) to task, call on the carpet, haul (or rake) over the coals, let someone have it. See
attack, praise
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