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verb (v)

• censure severely(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate
  

  source: wordnet30
• inflict severe punishment on(verb.social)

  source: wordnet30
• To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.(verb)

  source: webster1913