the president lashed out at the opposition : CRITICIZE, chastise, censure, attack, condemn, denounce, lambaste, harangue, pillory; berate, upbraid, rebuke, reproach; informal lay into; formal castigate.
Norman lashed out at Terry with a knife : HIT OUT, strike, let fly, take a swing; set upon/about, turn on, round on, attack; informal lay into, tear into, pitch into.
(informal) they lashed out on a taxi : SPEND LAVISHLY, be extravagant; informal splash out, splurge, shell out, squander money, waste money, fritter money away.
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