slate

The area is blocked off because they're slating the roof of the church.
La zone est bloquée parce qu'ils posent des ardoises sur le toit de l'église.
The film received such a slating that it only lasted for two weeks in the cinemas.
Le film a reçu de telles critiques qu'il n'est resté que deux semaines à l'affiche.
It is clear that the initiators of the resolution are more concerned with slating the organisation of Euro 2000.
Critiquer l'organisation de l'Euro 2000 se servirait clairement qu'à servir les meneurs.
For as long as we have policies like this in the European Union, we will carry on seeing headlines slating European policy.
En effet, tant que nous disposerons de politiques de ce genre dans l’Union européenne, nous continuerons de voir dans les journaux de gros titres clouant au pilori les politiques européennes.
Customers had been slating the restaurant in their online reviews.
Les clients critiquaient durement le restaurant dans leurs avis en ligne.
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