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Definition of: excoriate
(ik·skôr′ē·āt, -skō′rē-) v.t. ·at·ed, ·at·ing
1. Physiol. To strip off the skin or covering of; flay; abrade; gall.
2. To denounce scathingly. [<L excoriatus, pp. of excoriare <ex- out, off + corium skin]
—ex·co′ri·a′·tion noun
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