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belabor: attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"; to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"

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accentuate collapse

point up collapse: emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"

rub in collapse

italicize collapse: print in italics

harp on collapse

emphasize collapse

make a federal case collapse

pistol whip collapse

flagellate collapse: a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals; having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum); whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

hammer away at collapse

chastise collapse: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

overemphasize collapse: place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

fustigate collapse

castigate collapse: inflict severe punishment on

horsewhip collapse: a whip for controlling horses; whip with a whip intended for horses

dwell on collapse: delay

pummel collapse: strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

manhandle collapse: handle roughly; "I was manhandled by the police"

insist upon collapse

flog collapse: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

pommel collapse: handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle; a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse

cudgel collapse: a club that is used as a weapon; strike with a cudgel

flail collapse: an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing; move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

rawhide collapse: untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes

spank collapse: a slap with the flat of the hand; give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

trounce collapse

punctuate collapse: insert punctuation marks into; interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"

underscore collapse: a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter); give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"

lambaste collapse

underline collapse: draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to

baste collapse: loose temporary stitches; cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"; sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"

smite collapse: inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon; affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl"

thrash collapse: a swimming kick used while treading water; give a thrashing to; beat hard; beat the seeds out of a grain; move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"; beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

whale collapse: any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head; hunt for whales

lay on collapse

whop collapse

drub collapse

spotlight collapse: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer; illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater

wallop collapse: a severe blow; defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"

thump collapse: a heavy blow with the hand; a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects); hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

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