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Revile

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railnounA horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
vituperateverb(transitive) To criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.
vilifyverb(transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.

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vituperateverb(transitive) To criticize (someone or something) in an abusive or harsh manner.
vilifyverb(transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
railverb(intransitive) To travel by railway.
vilipendverb(transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.
contemnverb(transitive, dated) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
scoldverb(ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.
abusenounImproper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
reavenoun(archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
depraveverb(transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt
reviolateverbTo violate again.
berattleverb(transitive) To rattle; rattle vigorously.
reabusenounRepeated abuse.
repulsenounThe act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
rebrutalizeverb(transitive) To brutalize again.
retaliateverb(intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
vitriolnoun(by extension) Bitterly abusive language.
rebelnounA person who resists an established authority, often violently.
villanizeverbObsolete spelling of villainize. [(transitive) To represent as a villain.]
bewrayverb(transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
invileverb(obsolete, transitive) To render vile.

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