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excorticate

[eks-kawr-ti-keyt]
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verb (used with object), ex·cor·ti·cat·ed, ex·cor·ti·cat·ing.

decorticate.

Origin of excorticate

1375–1425 for earlier adj. sense; 1650–60 for current sense; late Middle English excorticat hulled < Late Latin excorticātus, past participle of excorticāre to peel. See ex-1, cortex, -ate1
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Related Words for excorticate

tear, rob, dismantle, remove, deprive, lift, ransack, withdraw, gut, divest, expose, empty, shave, pare, scale, flay, strip, decorticate, flake, skin