Question

The reviewer cut up the book mercilessly.

Accepted Answer

(transitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive, idiomatichttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic, datedhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated) To severely criticizehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/criticize or censurehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/censure; to subject to hostilehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hostile criticism.

Sentence	The reviewer cut up the book mercilessly.
Definition	( transitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive , idiomatic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic , dated https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated ) To severely criticize https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/criticize or censure https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/censure ; to subject to hostile https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hostile criticism.

Reviewer Cut Book Mercilessly Severely Subject Criticism