excoriate
Example Sentences
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It’s easy to criticize the media for overemphasizing someone’s prison exposure, and easier still to excoriate prosecutors for sweetheart deals.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2023
Contributing to a debate in parliament last month MP Sam George, a prominent critic of the project, quoted the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament to excoriate the government.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2023
In one session, Mr. Trump turned to Mr. Christie and began to excoriate him for recommending Christopher Wray for F.B.I. director.
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2021
There was no criminal to excoriate, no policy issue to denounce, no paparazzi to blame.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2020
“We need to take care of this. It’s too far gone. We have to excoriate the skin and replace your G-tube to purge the infection.”
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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