excoriation
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“Thrust” is the culmination of everything she has been writing toward, a blistering excoriation of power structures that also honors the resilience of those who fight back.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2022
Misunderstood masterpiece or lousy meal, a richly deserved excoriation or hatchet job, what is clear is that Mr. Pellegrino had unexpectedly emerged as the ultimate caricature of the self-obsessed haute cuisine chef.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021
Writing in the November 22 issue of NME, Charles Shaar Murray continued the excoriation: "Lennon and Ono appear on the cover clamped in a passionate embrace," Murray writes.
From Salon • Dec. 12, 2020
It echoed a similar excoriation by Michelle Obama, the former first lady, two days earlier.
From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2020
Perhaps Riddle felt the sting of his public excoriation.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing excoriation
Seabiscuit
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation (Volume 2)
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"The Candle and the Flame" by Nafiza Azad, Chapters 17–27
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