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vituperate (verb), vituperates; vituperated; vituperating
1. To rebuke or to criticize harshly or to berate: Martin's mother was vituperating him for tracking in so much mud from his shoes when he came in from the rain.
2. To attack someone in a violently abusive or a severely critical language; to revile: Sabina's supervisor vituperated or strongly criticized her for not getting her report in on time.
3. Etymology: from Latin vituperat-, "censured, disparaged"; from the verb vituperare; from vitium, "fault" + parare, "prepare".
Abusing severely with words.
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Abusing severely with words.
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Abusing severely with words.
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To attack someone in a violently abusive or a harshly critical language. (3)