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ex•co•ri•ate
Pronunciation: (ik-skôr'ē-āt", -skōr'-), [key]—
v.t., -at•ed, -at•ing.
1. to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally:
He was excoriated for his mistakes.
2. to strip off or remove the skin from:
Her palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.