excoriate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ex=co=ri=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

excoriate, v. t. [L. excoriare; ex out + corium hide. cf. Scourge; see Cuirass.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

excoriate, v.tr.
1 a remove part of the skin of (a person etc.) by abrasion. b strip or peel off (skin).
2 censure severely.

Derivative

excoriation n.

Etymology

L excoriare excoriat- (as EX-(1), corium hide)

THESAURUS

excoriate

abrade, assail, attack, bark, blister, castigate, decorticate, flay, fret, fustigate, gall, lash, pare, peel, roast, rub, scalp, scarify, scathe, scorch, scourge, skin, skin alive, slash, strip, trounce

ROGET THESAURUS

excoriate

Divestment

VB divest, uncover &c (cover), denude, bare, strip, disfurnish, undress, disrobe &c (dress, enrobe), uncoif, dismantle, put off, take off, cast off, doff, peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay, expose, lay open, exfoliate, molt, mew, cast the skin.