excoriate

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In 2015, he worked with GOP leaders to arrange an address to Congress — without notifying then-President Barack Obama — in which he excoriated the proposed nuclear deal with Iran, a centerpiece of Obama’s foreign policy.

From Washington Post

Benny Gantz, the centrist leader of the opposition National Unity party and a former minister of defense and military chief, excoriated Mr. Netanyahu for mishandling Israel’s relationship with the United States.

From New York Times

But the hearing Sanders used to excoriate a billionaire pharmaceutical executive for raising the price of a covid-19 vaccine showed the challenges the Vermont independent faces.

From Salon

Republicans took turns excoriating the administration for the record migration influx during President Biden’s first two years in office, ignoring the reductions of the past two months.

From Washington Post

Sinema—who has been accused of "cartoonish-level corruption" for coziness with corporations and lobbyists—was excoriated in a Tuesday Daily Beast article by Michael Daly, who called the senator "a wolf for Wall Street."

From Salon