| VERB | creation | call down, raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic |
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| communication | call down, call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast | censure severely or angrily |
| Meaning | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "call down the spirits from the mountain" | |
| Synonyms | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | |
| Narrower | bless | Give a benediction to |
| curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict | wish harm upon | |
| Broader | call up, summon | Cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively |
| Similar to | provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur |
| Spanish | agitar, conjurar, despertar, evocar, exponer, invitar, invocar, llamar, recaudar, remover, revolver, traer | |
| Catalan | invocar | |
| Meaning | censure severely or angrily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast | |
| Narrower | chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct | censure severely |
| tell off, brush down | reprimand | |
| Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart | find fault with |
| Spanish | amonestar, censurar, criticar, dar una paliza, discutir, echar una reprimenda, increpar, llamar la atención, poner verde, rechazar, reconvenir, regañar, reñir, reprender a gritos, reprender, reprimir, reprobar, reprochar, retar, tener unas palabras, vociferar | |
| Catalan | amonestar, increpar, reganyar, renyar, reprendre | |
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