Word: excoriated
Original Word use:
Stevens excoriated the majority decision as one that "trivializes the two cardinal principles upon which Tinker rests," because it "upholds a punishment meted out on the basis of a listener's disagreement with her understanding (or, more likely, misunderstanding) of the speaker's viewpoint.
Definitions:
ex·co·ri·ate 
ɪɔɪʊ
–verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
1. to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally: He was excoriated for his mistakes
2. to strip off or remove the skin from: Her palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.
Applicable Definition:
-- to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally: He was excoriated for his mistakes
My Sentence:
The arrested man was publicly excoriated by the police present.
Word Count: 118
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