excoriate
verb (used with object)
to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally.
has excoriated
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present perfectof excoriate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has excoriated federal officials for erroneously linking vaccines to autism, warning that the administration is endangering the lives of infants and young children in scaling back childhood vaccine recommendations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
Only then, when he has excoriated all of the "flim-flam" and removed the "fat off of the bones," does he believe that the song is once and truly written.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2021
And he has excoriated reporters who posed questions he did not like.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2020
As insiders, they would also have to overcome questions about the appearance of independence, as they’d be scrutinizing agencies that McCarthy led and Miloscia has excoriated in the Legislature.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2016
This excoriated, scabby area contains crowds of staphylococci which find a nidus here, where the copious tear-flow down the nostrils has excoriated and irritated the skin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
