excoriate
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abuse, assail, attack, bash, belabor, blast, castigate, jump (on), lambaste (or lambast), potshot, savage, scathe, slam, trash, vituperate
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Get our daily newsletter In his resignation speech on August 20th, the popular Mr Conte excoriated the League leader to his face, calling him disloyal and irresponsible. — The Economist, "Italy’s Five Star Movement has a deal to form a new government," 29 Aug. 2019 The group’s president, Jim Irvine, in the past repeatedly excoriated Sen. DeWine for his record on guns. — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com, "Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine used to favor gun control. So, will he ‘do something’ post-Dayton?," 5 Aug. 2019 Tenney excoriated the mill owners, the prominent Cabot family of Boston. — David Vernette, Smithsonian, "When an Influx of French-Canadian Immigrants Struck Fear Into Americans," 21 Aug. 2019 Murdoch also excoriated Locast, which Fox and others have sued for streaming local TV signals without permission. — Paul Bond, The Hollywood Reporter, "Fox Corp. Earnings Impress Post-Disney Sale," 7 Aug. 2019 The debate broke down over familiar lines, with Republicans insisting that speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was breaking rules by using the term, Democrats excoriating Trump, and everyone else wondering what exactly was going on in Washington, DC. — Heather Timmons, Quartz, "How a manual written by Thomas Jefferson sparked a battle over Trump and racism," 17 July 2019 The threat of the raids has stoked fear nationwide and, earlier Friday, officials across Connecticut excoriated the president’s immigration actions and pledged to support local immigrants. — Abigail Brone, courant.com, "Activists gather across the state to support immigrants at Lights for Liberty protests," 13 July 2019 Prominent political figures excoriated the Central Park Five. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Donald Trump, opera star? Maybe so, in Anthony Davis’ ‘Central Park Five’," 9 June 2019 Socrates excoriated the Sophists for their pay-to-play philosophy. — National Geographic, "Who was Socrates?," 11 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'excoriate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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