Extremely harsh (8)

I believe the answer is:

scathing

(Other definitions for scathing that I've seen before include "Severely critical" , "Acid" , "Caustic" , "Scornfully critical" , "Witheringly scornful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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