Excoriating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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