1. Plural of excoriation; instances of harsh criticism or verbal abuse.
Usage: Most common modern sense; often used in formal or literary contexts
2. Plural of excoriation; areas of skin that have been scraped or worn away.
Usage: Medical or technical sense

Examples

• The newspaper's excoriations of the mayor's policies were scathing and relentless.
• Her speech contained several excoriations of the previous administration's failures.
• The critic's excoriations of the film were so harsh that few people wanted to see it.
• The doctor examined the excoriations on the patient's knee after the fall.
• Minor excoriations from the accident healed within a few days.
• The review was filled with excoriations that left the author devastated.