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Definition of Excoriate

1. Verb. Express strong disapproval of. "These ideas were reprobated"

2. Verb. Tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading. "This leash chafes the dog's neck"

Definition of Excoriate

1. v. t. To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.

Definition of Excoriate

1. Verb. (transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe or flay. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To strongly denounce or censure. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Excoriate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Excoriate

1. To scratch or otherwise denude the skin by physical means. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Excoriate

excommunicant excommunicants excommunicate excommunicated excommunicates excommunicating excommunication excommunications excommunicative excommunicator

excommunicators excommuning excommunion exconjugant excoriable excoriate (current term) excoriated excoriates excoriating excoriatingly

excoriation excoriations excorticate excorticated excorticates excorticating excortication excortications excosecant excosecants

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