1) Assail 2) Berate 3) Castigate 4) Chasten 5) Chastise 6) Chide 7) Cream 8) Flog 9) Lambast 10) Lay into 11) Pummel 12) Rail at 13) Rip 14) Rip into 15) Scold 16) Slam 17) Upbraid 18) Yell at 1) Attack verbally 2) Beat 3) Beat up 4) Beat with a cane 5) Berate 6) Call on the carpet 7) Cane 8) Censure severely or angrily 9) Chew out 10) Flog 11) Lambast 12) Lay into 13) Light into 14) Rake over the coals 15) Rip into 16) Scold sharply 17) Slam and beat badly 18) Thrash 19) To beat severely 
• (v. t.) To beat severely.
Lam·baste' transitive verb [ Lam + baste to beat.] To beat severely. [ Low] Nares. 
[Lesser known words] censure severely or angrily