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Severe Scolding

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99%12Exact Match!
noun

• a severe scolding

98%11Exact Match!
noun

• a severe scolding

• verbal punishment

97%8Exact Match!
noun

• a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

verb

• deliver a harangue to; address forcefully

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The Guardian Quick19 Mar 2020 Down 7
The Guardian Quick04 Apr 2014 Across 5
New York Times19 Apr 1999 Across 44
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