The Clue
Criticize severely (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TRASH
Tags
Notes
The answer TRASH is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
Related Clues
Claptrap
Debris
Destroy
Garbage
Nonsense
Pap
Refuse
Riffraff
Rubbish
Waste
Basket fodder
Compacter fodder
Compactor input
Criticize and how!
Deep-six
Destroy for fun
Incinerator deposit
Lay waste to
Make a shambles of
Potboilers, e.g.
Severly pan
Sign on a basket
Type of tripe
Useless items
Warhol film
Worthless stuff
Worthless writing
Dime-novel stuff
Early Warhol film
Something that's pitched
Warhol film: 1970
Wreck but good
Wreck, as a hotel room
Definition
TRASH as a noun:
1. (rubbish, trash, scrap) = worthless material that is to be disposed of
2. (trash, scum) = worthless people
3. (folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop) = nonsensical talk or writing
4. (methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash) = an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
TRASH as a verb:
1. (trash, junk, scrap) = dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
2. (pan, tear apart, trash) = express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"