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- verb Present participle of
excoriate .
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Examples
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Many radical liberals were just as bad in excoriating Bush for things he didn't deserve (though he deserved quite a bit, IMO).
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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.
Duh, Tell Us About The Rabbits, George Hal Duncan 2005
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But I consider him one of the best rural strategists in our party -- we can probably learn a lot from each other's strengths and weaknesses. you call that "excoriating"?
Trippi, Edwards Campaign Respond To Adviser Who Slammed Blogosphere 2009
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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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Conservative media falsely accuse Obama of "excoriating" Petraeus
Not My Tribe 2010
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Challenging the Court is hardly daring in comparison. 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."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Shahid Buttar 2009
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The clock on the wall ticked the seconds and minutes away with excoriating awareness.
365 tomorrows » submission : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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The clock on the wall ticked the seconds and minutes away with excoriating awareness.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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You need that money because the public unions will start running television ads berating and excoriating--they did it to Gov.
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He was excoriating it, and everyone who ever took it literal in the entire long history of the world.
Character Study: Elvin Click RW Spryszak 2012
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