Delivering reprimand, bashed him in gonads (11)
I believe the answer is:
admonishing
'delivering reprimand' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'bashed him in gonads' is the wordplay.
'bashed' indicates an anagram.
'him'+'in'+'gonads'='himingonads'
'himingonads' with letters rearranged gives 'ADMONISHING'.
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(Another definition for admonishing that I've seen is " dressing down".)
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