excoriate
苛责,痛斥,谴责,剥落
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ex·co·ri·at·ed, ex·co·ri·at·ing.
- : to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally: He was excoriated for his mistakes.
- : to strip off or remove the skin from: Her palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.
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It became a big part of the mayor’s race with one candidate excoriating the other for signing off on the deal and then the other candidate slamming the first one for signing off on the renovation.
Newsom didn’t just excoriate the decision but focused on Benitez personally.
William felt able to issue a video message on Twitter excoriating the BBC after the corporation published its report into Martin Bashir’s interview with Princess Diana.
As the state’s top election official, she has excoriated the “fraudit” all over the mainstream media, partly because she fears it will become the norm.
She drew scrutiny last month for traveling to Utah with her husband during the crisis and later excoriated the wind power industry during a committee hearing, though wind turbines generate only a fraction of the state’s electricity.
Newspaper editorials continue to excoriate Netanyahu, even calling for his resignation—editorials written by his supporters.
It teases and goads the wealthy to be fair rather than excoriate them for being rich.
Those who excoriate the approach as idealistic or unrealistic missed the point.
That opened a new opportunity for bloggers to excoriate both Duncan and his staff.
Critics on the right properly excoriate him for those historic mistakes.
Neither have you a right to excoriate those who are conscientiously operating through the channels spoken of.
The drops of rain bruise us; the false sounds us; the darkness blinds us.