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“excoriates”
excoriate (verb), excoriates; excoriated; excoriating
1. To chastise, to criticize, or to censure strongly; to denounce: James wrote an editorial in the newspaper which excoriated the local city administration for raising taxes for more food products.
2. To tear, to strip, or to wear off the body tissue: Shirley's doctor excoriated some of the skin off her elbow after she fell down on the slippery sidewalk.
3. Etymology: from Latin excoriare, "to strip the hide or skin off"; from ex-, "off, from" + corium, "skin, hide; leather".
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2. To tear, to strip, or to wear off the body tissue: Shirley's doctor excoriated some of the skin off her elbow after she fell down on the slippery sidewalk.
3. Etymology: from Latin excoriare, "to strip the hide or skin off"; from ex-, "off, from" + corium, "skin, hide; leather".