excoriate
    v 1: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in
         South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn:
         condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate]
    2: tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This
       leash chafes the dog's neck" [syn: chafe, excoriate]

Excoriate \Ex*co"ri*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excoriated; p.
   pr. & vb. n. excoriating.] [L. excoriare; ex out + corium
   hide. cf. Scourge; see Cuirass.]
   To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to
   break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by
   rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.
   [1913 Webster]