call down

1. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic (synset 201633150)
   "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
   is a type of: call up, summon - cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively
   subtypes:

   • anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
   • bless - give a benediction to
   same as: arouse, bring up, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir
   verb group: call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur
2. Censure severely or angrily (synset 200826456)
   "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
   is a type of: criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
   subtypes:

   • castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate - censure severely
   • brush down, tell off - reprimand
   same as: bawl out, berate, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce

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