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excommunicate |
excommunication |
excommunicator |
excommunion |
excoriable |
Excoriate
| excoriation
| excorticate
| excortication
| excreable
| excreate
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Excoriate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Excoriate has 2 senses
- excoriate(v = verb.communication) condemn, decry, objurgate, reprobate - express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" is one way to denounce
- excoriate(v = verb.contact) chafe - tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" is one way to abrade, abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off
Derived form noun excoriation2
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Derived form noun excoriation1
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
Excoriate, v.tr.
1 a remove part of the skin of (a person etc.) by abrasion. b strip or peel off (skin).
2 censure severely.
1 a remove part of the skin of (a person etc.) by abrasion. b strip or peel off (skin).
2 censure severely.
Derivative
excoriation n.
Etymology
L excoriare excoriat- (as EX-(1), corium hide)
THESAURUS
Excoriate
abrade, assail, attack, bark, blister, castigate, decorticate, flay, fret, fustigate, gall, lash, pare, peel, roast, rub, scalp, scarify, scathe, scorch, scourge, skin, skin alive, slash, strip, trounceROGET THESAURUS
Excoriate
Divestment
VB divest, uncover &c (cover), denude, bare, strip, disfurnish, undress, disrobe &c (dress, enrobe), uncoif, dismantle, put off, take off, cast off, doff, peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay, expose, lay open, exfoliate, molt, mew, cast the skin.
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