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castigating

adjective as in punitive

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On Saturday, before Nasrallah’s death was confirmed by Hezbollah, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei released a statement castigating Israel for “the massacre of the defenseless people of Lebanon.”

A party leader not castigating the government from the sidelines but describing what the government - a Labour government - will actually do.

From BBC

As president, Trump almost always governed with his base in mind, while castigating “haters and losers,” even in holiday tweets.

Even when the motive isn’t noble, though, there’s no more use castigating young social media influencers in 2024 than there has been in the past century of aspiring film and TV stars.

In his speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Mr. Schumer went further than any senior American official has in castigating Mr. Netanyahu for the conduct of the war against Hamas.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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