A violent attack or criticism (8)
I believe the answer is:
diatribe
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">a violent attack</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">criticism</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I have seen 'Violent criticism' mean 'diatribe' so perhaps 'criticism' could also mean 'diatribe')</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for diatribe that I've seen before include "Lengthy harangue" , "Stream of invective" , "slating" , "Torrent of abuse" , "Passionate words" .)