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excoriate
ex·co·ri·ate
[
ik skáwree àyt
]
(
past and past participle
ex·co·ri·at·ed
,
present participle
ex·co·ri·at·ing
,
3rd person present singular
ex·co·ri·ates
)
transitive verb
Definition:
1.
denounce:
to severely criticize somebody or something
(
formal
)
The paper excoriated the governor's conduct in this case.
2.
medicine
tear somebody's skin off:
to remove skin from a person or animal
[
15th century. < Latin
excoriat-
, past participle of
excoriare
"strip off the hide" <
corium
"hide, skin"
]
ex·co·ri·a·tion
[
ik skàwree áysh'n
]
noun
ex·co·ri·a·tor
noun
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ex·co·ri·a·tion [ ik skàwree áysh'n ] nounex·co·ri·a·tor noun
