excoriate

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Lots of conservative pundits to excoriate, but not Steyn.

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  1. transitive verb To tear or wear off the skin of; abrade. See Synonyms at chafe.
  2. transitive verb To censure strongly; denounce: an editorial that excoriated the administration for its inaction.

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  • Lots of conservative pundits to excoriate, but not Steyn. —  Ace of Spades HQ
  • They not only belonged to a political class that is easy to pigeonhole and excoriate, they behaved precisely as people who belong to that class would behave. —  PinoyPress
  • It is completely illogical to assume that being ashamed and having your school "excoriate" you will be motivational in any way. —  The Reality Check
  • Yes, but she might have a telepathic sixth sense that will jolt her from REM sleep in order to excoriate Huckabee. —  race42008.com
  • I do not begrudge him is wealth (except he is known as a piker to boot); I excoriate the both of them for their two-faced-ness. —  GraniteGrok
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English excoriaten, from Latin excoriāre, excoriāt- : ex-, ex- + corium, skin; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Late Latin excoriatus, past participle of excoriare (later Italian escoriare = Spanish Portuguese excoriar = French excorier), strip off the skin. from Latin ex, out, off, + corium, the skin: see coriaceous.
 

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