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71roast — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. grill, barbecue, broil, bake, toast, parch; slang, tease, ridicule. See heat, food. II (Roget s IV) n. Cuts of meat used as roasts include: shoulder, breast, rib, cross rib, rump, chuck, brisket,… …
72scarify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scratch; lacerate, harass. See friction, furrow, discontent. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To criticize harshly and devastatingly: blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, rip into, scathe, scorch,… …
73scathe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. injure, harm, hurt, scorch; castigate, denounce, tear apart (inf.), lash into (inf.), lambaste (sl.). See deterioration. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To criticize harshly and devastatingly:… …
74scorch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. char, singe, brown, blacken, toast, roast, parch, shrivel, wither; denounce, upbraid; informal, speed, burn up the road. See dryness, heat. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. singe, roast, parch, shrivel; see …
75scourge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. whip, strap, belt, lash, horsewhip; punishment, curse, affliction, bane, nuisance, plague. v. t. whip, lash, flay, beat; punish, afflict, plague. See evil, badness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A whip] Syn …
76rip into — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To criticize harshly and devastat ingly: blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, scarify1, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slap, slash. Informal: roast. Slang: slam. Idioms: burn someone s ears, crawl all over, pin… …
77find — v 1. come upon or across, chance upon, happen upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble on or upon; run into, bump into, fall on or upon, meet with, encounter, experience. 2. earn, win, gain, get, procure, acquire, obtain, reach, attain, succeed. 3.… …
78tell off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rebuke, reprimand, chide; see censure . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. rebuke, reprimand, upbraid, berate, admonish, *ream out, *lambaste, *rake over the coals, *give one a piece of one s mind, *chew out, *bawl out, *call …
79roast — n 1. bake, cook, broil, grill, barbecue; brown, toast, dry, sun, sun dry, parch; heat, torrefy, fire, calcine; char, sear, scorch, burn, singe, scald. 2.Informal, (all often in jest) ridicule, guy, poke fun at or of, make fun of, mock, tease,… …
80upbraid — v 1. scold, U.S. Inf. bawl out, Sl. chew out, tongue lash, Inf. dress down, Inf. trim, Inf. fix [s.o. s] little red wagon; reprove, reproach, rebuke, rate, reprehend, castigate, chastise, reprimand; Inf. give [s.o.] a piece of one s mind, Inf.… …
