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as in to attack
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
the mayor had hardly been in office for a month before she was being excoriated for problems of very long standing
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Recent Examples of excoriate
Warner overall excoriated the officials on the text list, some of whom were at the hearing, about the overall lapse in security and the dangers of alienating allies.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
Several participants in the group chat, including Waltz and Rubio, had for years excoriated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for using a private email server to conduct government business.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Now then, some angry pundits will excoriate you for being so lackadaisical.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Somewhere, Tom Wolfe, who excoriated modern architecture in From Bauhaus to Our House, is smiling.
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
Several participants in the group chat, including Waltz and Rubio, had for years excoriated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for using a private email server to conduct government business.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Now then, some angry pundits will excoriate you for being so lackadaisical.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Somewhere, Tom Wolfe, who excoriated modern architecture in From Bauhaus to Our House, is smiling.
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excoriate
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According to Haynes, Lillard is motivated to attack his rehab and return to form.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Particularly his ability to do things at such high speed and to help begin attacking moves in his own half.—
Philipp Lahm,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Pairing some active ingredients can irritate the skin, and other combinations may reduce the effectiveness of the ingredients.1 1.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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This can be particularly irritating to eczema-prone skin.—
Sierra Leone Starks,
Allure,
18 Apr. 2025
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That, in the end, is the heart of the spectacle of Noem’s militaristic videos and Leavitt’s scolding and lies.—
Constance Grady,
Vox,
25 Apr. 2025
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Today's top stories President Trump scolded Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday after Russia launched a deadly strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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She was criticized by some for her expensive timepiece and for using prisoners as production props.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Carey criticized laissez-faire economics for degrading the British working class.—
Made by History,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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However, prosecutors allege that a drunk and angry Read knowingly slammed her SUV into her boyfriend -- Boston police officer John O'Keefe -- outside of a get-together at another officer's home and left him to die in a blizzard in January 2022.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The estate's lawsuit said Clyde Leach’s Tesla Model Y suddenly accelerated, went off the road and slammed into a pillar at an Ohio gas station.—
Mike Scarcella,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Richie's wife verbally attacks Maeve, even stooping so low as to look her up and down and insult her appearance.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Have you guys been insulting each other publicly for decades?—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Excoriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excoriate. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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