It is a scathing tract on the uselessness of war.
I think such a scathing attack on my idea was not necessary.
In 2009 the usually cerebral James Murdoch launched a scathing attack on the BBC, whose size and zeal for expansion into new areas he described as "chilling".
redfield blogged a scathing attack on Saturday.
Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime.
The report also provides a scathing picture of just how weak Lehman's risk-management practices ultimately became - and how they contributed to Lehman's implosion.
He is given to making scathing remarks.
The daily press was scathing about what was—dodgy stage-management aside—a dreary, earthbound slab of oratory.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet President, launched a scathing critique of the political system in their wake and even Kremlin-friendly opposition parties said the scale of fraud was over the top.
Consider, for example, Italo Calvino's scathing parody of the modern scholar in If on a Winter's Night a Traveller.
Tusk was scathing of the EU's halting response to the 18-month Greek crisis.
By the end of Heller's life, the reviews were scathing.
Barroso was also scathing about the red tape surrounding the negotiations.
Johan Cruyff has launched a scathing attack on Holland's performance in their 1-0 defeat to Spain in the World Cup final last night, slamming their "dirty" tactics and their style of "anti-football".
This last is noteworthy, especially with respect to Mozart, who was often scathing about colleagues. When he spoke of Haydn, however, it was with reverence.
