excoriate

1. (transitive) to remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skinSynonyms: excarnatetransitive

2. (transitive) To wear off the skin of; to chafe.Synonyms: abrade, chafe, flaytransitive

3. (transitive, figuratively) To strongly condemn or criticize.Examples: "The teacher continued to excoriate the student after his academic issues."; "Madeleina di Farja had described Ori, and Cutter had envisaged an angry, frantic, pugnacious boy eager to fight, excoriating his comrades for supposed quiescence."; "Mr. Green, a former city public advocate and candidate for mayor in 2001, ran ads excoriating Mr. Cuomo’s ethics."Synonyms: denounce, disparage, reprobate, tear a strip off, criticize, criticisefigurativelytransitive