excoriate

[lettered]

ex·co·ri·ate 

 
[ik-skawr-ee-eyt, -skohr-]

–verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
1. to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally, e.g.: He was excoriated for his mistakes.
2. to strip off or remove the skin from, e.g.: Her palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.