The Clue
Criticized vigorously (7 letter answer)
The Answer
BLASTED
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Notes
The answer BLASTED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
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Definition
BLAST as a verb:
1. (blast, blare) = make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"
2. (smash, nail, boom, blast) = hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"
3. (blast, shell) = use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
BLASTED as an adjective:
1. (blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal) = expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"