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   Flay

   /flā/

   

   verb

   • 1. peel the skin off (a corpse or carcass): "one shoulder had been flayed to reveal the muscles" Similar skinstrip the skin offtechnical:excoriate
   • ▪ peel (the skin) off a corpse or carcass: "she flayed the white skin from the flesh"
   • ▪ whip or beat (someone) so harshly as to remove their skin: "Matthew flayed them viciously with a branch"
   • ▪ criticize severely and brutally: "he flayed the government for not moving fast enough on economic reform" Similar criticizeattackberatecensurecondemndenouncedenigraterevilecastigatepillorybelaborlambastesavagetear/pull to piecesfind fault withrun downabuseinformal:knockslampanbashtake apartcrucifyhammerlay intoroastskewerbad-mouthslaterubbishslag offmonsterpummelcut upbagrare:excoriate

   Word Origin Old Englishflēan, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch vlaen.

   Derivatives

   • 1. flayer noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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