excoriate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "excoriate":
      abrade, assail, attack, bark, blister, castigate, decorticate,
      flay, fret, fustigate, gall, lash, pare, peel, roast, rub, scalp,
      scarify, scathe, scorch, scourge, skin, skin alive, slash, strip,
      trounce

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