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diatribe (s) (noun), diatribes (pl)
1. A bitter, abusive criticism, a verbal attack, or a denunciation: The editor scrawled a scathing diatribe on the reporter's article before it was printed in the newspaper.

The President has expressed many diatribes against various medias; including television, radio, and some newspapers.

2. Etymology: the Greek word diatribe, the ultimate source of the English word, is derived from the verb diatribein, made up of the prefix dia-, "completely", and tribein, "to rub, to wear away, to spend," or "to waste time, to be busy".
A bitter and abusive criticism.
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A long complaint or criticism .
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