excoriate
/ekˈskɔːrɪeɪt/verb
with obj.
1
- chiefly Medicine damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin)【主医】擦伤…的皮肤; 擦破（皮肤）; 使（皮肤）发炎并脱落。
2
- formal censure or criticize severely〈正式〉严厉批评; 痛斥：
the papers which had been excoriating him were now lauding him.
那些过去一直批评他的报纸现在为其唱起了颂歌。
派生词
excoriation
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin excoriat- 'skinned', from the verb excoriare, from ex- 'out, from'+corium 'skin, hide'.