rip into

Weak matches

• berate
• castigate
• chew out
• dress down
• have words
• jump down one's throat
• punish
• rake over the coals
• reprimand
• scold
• take to task
• tell off
• upbraid
• yell at

Strong matches

• admonish
• berate
• blast
• castigate
• censure
• condemn
• except
• expostulate
• kick
• lambaste
• object
• protest
• rail
• recriminate
• remonstrate
• reproach
• roast
• scold
• scorch
• trash
• upbraid
• vituperate

Weak matches

• crack down on
• go after
• have at
• jump down one's throat
• lay into
• lay out
• let have it
• read out
• sound off
• tongue-lash
• work over

Strongest matches

• assail
• berate
• castigate
• excoriate
• scold
• upbraid

Strong matches

• attack
• blister
• bludgeon
• censure
• criticize
• cudgel
• denounce
• flay
• flog
• hammer
• hit
• pan
• pelt
• pound
• pummel
• rebuke
• reprimand
• roast
• scorch
• scourge
• shellac
• slam
• slap
• slash
• smear
• smother
• strike
• thrash
• trim
• wallop
• whip

Weak matches

• lash into
• rake over the coals
• read the riot act
• scathe

Strongest match

• slap down

Strong matches

• attack
• blister
• castigate
• damn
• excoriate
• flay
• lambaste
• lash
• pan
• scorch
• scourge
• slash
• vilify

Weak matches

• burn someone's ears
• crawl all over
• lash into
• pin someone's ears back
• put someone on the griddle
• put someone on the hot seat
• rake over the coals
• read the riot act to
• scathe
• shoot down

Strong matches

• attack
• blister
• damn
• lash
• pan
• scorch
• score
• scourge
• slap
• slash

Weak matches

• burn someone's ears
• castigate
• crawl all over
• drub
• excoriate
• flay
• lambaste
• lash into
• pin someone's ears back
• put someone on the griddle
• put someone on the hot seat
• rake over the coals
• read the riot act to
• scarify
• shoot down
• vilify

Strong matches

• abuse
• accuse
• asperse
• berate
• blame
• calumniate
• castigate
• censure
• condemn
• curse
• denounce
• growl
• insult
• lambaste
• lash
• malign
• rail
• rate
• reproach
• revile
• scold
• smear
• traduce
• upbraid
• vilify

Weak matches

• bark at
• bawl out
• chew out
• find fault
• run down
• tear into
• tongue-lash
• yell at