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Verb castigate has 2 senses
  1. chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct - censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
    --1 is one way to call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
    Derived forms: noun castigation1, noun castigation2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. castigate - inflict severe punishment on
    --2 is one way to     punish, penalize, penalise
    Derived form: noun castigation2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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