excoriate

🇬🇧 UK/ek'skɒ:rieit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To strongly criticize or condemn; to scrape or wear off the skin of.

严厉批评;擦破皮肤

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
exout of, former
+
coriother
+
ateto make, having
=excoriate

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Critics excoriate the government's inadequate response to the environmental crisis unfolding nationwide.

  • 2.

    The harsh sun excoriate the hiker's exposed skin during the long desert trek yesterday.

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