[v] attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students" [v] beat soundly [v] to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"
belabour, belabour, belabour
accent, accentuate, always trot out, baste, bastinado, batter, beat, belt, birch, buffet, cane, club, cowhide, cudgel, cut, drub, dwell on, dwell upon, emphasize, flagellate, flail, flog, fustigate, give a whipping, give emphasis to, give the stick, hamme