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excoriate

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excoriate in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
    "This leash chafes the dog's neck"
    chafe  excoriate 
  2. express strong disapproval of
    "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
    condemn  reprobate  decry  objurgate  excoriate 
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excoriate in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay.
  2. (verb) (transitive) To strongly denounce or censure.
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