1) Abrade 2) Assail 3) Blast 4) Condemn 5) Decry 6) Flay 7) Objurgate 8) Pare 9) Scourge 1) Condemn 2) Decry 3) Denounce 4) Denounce harshly 5) Denounce violently 6) Express strong disapproval of 7) Flay 8) Objurgate 9) Reprobate 10) To chafe or flay 11) To wear off the skin of 
censure severely; strip the hide off of
To scratch or otherwise denude the skin by physical means. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
Loss of substance from for example the skin, by scratching.
Ex·co'ri·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Excoriated ; present participle & verbal noun excoriating .] [ Latin excoriare ; ex out + corium hide. confer Scourge ; see Cuirass .] To s...
Type: Term Pronunciation: eks-kō′rē-āt Definitions: 1. To scratch or otherwise strip off the skin by physical means.
excoriate 1. To tear or wear off the skin of; to abrade (rub or wear away especially by friction). 2. To censure strongly; to denounce: 'He wrote an editorial which excoriated the administration for its inaction.'
to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally: He was excoriated for his mistakes. · to strip off or remove the skin from: Her palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.
[SAT terms] express strong disapproval of express strong disapproval of