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S: (v) detect, observe, find, discover, notice (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of) "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
S: (v) note, observe, mention, remark (make mention of) "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"

S: (v) comment, notice, remark, point out (make or write a comment on) "he commented the paper of his colleague"

S: (v) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws) "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"

S: (v) savage, blast, pillory, crucify (criticize harshly or violently) "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
S: (v) admonish, reprove, reproof (take to task) "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
S: (v) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast (censure severely or angrily) "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

S: (v) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct (censure severely) "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

S: (v) flame (criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium) "the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed"

S: (v) tell off, brush down (reprimand) "She told the misbehaving student off"

S: (v) reprehend (express strong disapproval of)
S: (v) deplore (express strong disapproval of) "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners"

S: (v) accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise (curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment)

S: (v) belabor, belabour (attack verbally with harsh criticism) "She was belabored by her fellow students"
S: (v) come down (criticize or reprimand harshly) "The critics came down hard on the new play"
S: (v) denounce (speak out against) "He denounced the Nazis"

S: (v) fulminate, rail (criticize severely) "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
S: (v) condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate (express strong disapproval of) "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"

S: (v) blame, find fault, pick (harass with constant criticism) "Don't always pick on your little brother"
S: (v) disparage, belittle, pick at (express a negative opinion of) "She disparaged her student's efforts"

S: (v) pan, tear apart, trash (express a totally negative opinion of) "The critics panned the performance"
S: (v) discredit, disgrace (damage the reputation of) "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"
S: (v) deprecate, depreciate, vilipend (belittle) "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"

S: (v) deflate, puncture (reduce or lessen the size or importance of) "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"

S: (v) minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate (cause to seem less serious; play down) "Don't belittle his influence"

S: (v) nitpick (be overly critical; criticize minor details)
S: (v) attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault (attack in speech or writing) "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

S: (v) abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout (use foul or abusive language towards) "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"

S: (v) slang (abuse with coarse language)
S: (v) vilify, revile, vituperate, rail (spread negative information about) "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
S: (v) curse (heap obscenities upon) "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"

S: (v) claw (attack as if with claws) "The politician clawed his rival"
S: (v) vitriol (subject to bitter verbal abuse)
S: (v) rip (criticize or abuse strongly and violently) "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
S: (v) whang (attack forcefully) "whang away at the school reform plan"
S: (v) bombard, barrage (address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage) "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer"
S: (v) blister, scald, whip (subject to harsh criticism) "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"
S: (v) rubbish (attack strongly)

S: (v) harsh on (criticize harshly) "the teacher keeps harshing on the same kid"

S: (v) note, take note, observe (observe with care or pay close attention to) "Take note of this chemical reaction"
S: (v) observe (watch attentively) "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"
S: (v) respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe (show respect towards) "honor your parents!"
S: (v) observe, celebrate, keep (behave as expected during of holidays or rites) "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"
S: (v) watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on (follow with the eyes or the mind) "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
S: (v) observe, keep, maintain (stick to correctly or closely) "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"

S: (v) observe, keep (conform one's action or practice to) "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"