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Definition of "excoriating" [excoriating]

  • Present participle of excoriate. (verb)

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Use "excoriating" in a sentence
  • "Many radical liberals were just as bad in excoriating Bush for things he didn't deserve (though he deserved quite a bit, IMO)."
  • "Very nice screed, although I only got about 1/2 way before m.e.g.o. But I think you went the wrong direction in excoriating the anonymous poster."
  • "More fundamentally, the Court is already politicized: an article recently published in Britain lambasted the Supreme Court for "providing immunity to ... corporate law breakers," excoriating "the zealots ... led principally by Justice Scalia.""
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