挞伐 meaning in English

[书面语] send troops to punish

With caustic wit, he made a fierce assault on the alchemists .
他施展讽刺挖苦的本领，猛烈挞伐了炼金术士。
Why has mr mugabe launched such an operation which has brought him the attention of the un and condemnation around the world at a time when he is already beleaguered
穆加比已经四面楚歌，为何又要在此时采取这样一个引起联合国关注及全球各国挞伐的行动呢？
It is the serious lagging of the theoretical research and the serious disconnection of theory and practice that have directly caused the phenomena of multimedia assisted teaching of chinese to " be high consumtive and low efficient "
这种理论研究的严重滞后、理论与实践的严重脱节，直接导致了多媒体辅助语文教学的“高耗低效”现象，怀疑者否定者对其挞伐也就不可避免了。
But environmentalists and others have criticized the horseshoe - shaped skywalk project since its inception , saying that the overhang will tarnish the pristine canyon and that a less intrusive tourist attraction could have been developed
但环保人士等团体，从这个马蹄型天空步道计画开始兴建以来就痛加挞伐，他们说，这个突出悬垂物会污染原始的峡谷，应开发一个较不具侵入性的旅游景点。