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    ex·co·ri·ate
    /ikˈskôrēˌāt/

    verb

    • 1. censure or criticize severely: formal "the papers that had been excoriating him were now lauding him"
    • 2. damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin). Similar abraderub awayrub offrub raw

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