read the riot act to (verb) scarify: slam
Sinonime: attack, blister, burn someone's ears,
castigate, crawl all over,
damn*, drub, excoriate, flay,
lambaste*, lash, lash into, pan, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to, rip into, scathe,
scorch,
score,
scourge, shoot down, slap,
slash,
vilify