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flayed

VERB
remove skin, bark, hide, etc.
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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The Spun, a sports blog, flayed Plum for her “embarrassing lack of tax knowledge.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The morning session, when Potts was flayed by Head and the catches went down was a throwback to the great England wheels-off Ashes horror shows.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

One of his recurring subjects was meat, from flayed rabbits to rayfish, with odorous side effects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The students plastered Dean Martinez’s classroom last week with flyers saying that the protesters were exercising their First Amendment right to engage in “counter-speech,” an argument flayed by Judge Duncan.

From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2023

This very grief that had twisted her into a curve on the floor and flayed her would be gone.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison



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