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flay

verb as in remove skin, bark, hide, etc.

verb as in criticize

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He drove his first delivery for four before he set about flaying India's bowling to all corners of this ground in an epic partnership of 303 with Harry Brook.

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From then on, he curbed his aggressive instincts to support Gill, but could not resist one straight flay off Bashir for six.

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Its common name is weeping fig, and in these flayed skins the lamentation resonates.

Having opted to continue its lawsuit against two activist investor groups even after they withdrew a shareholder proposal the company management opposed, the giant oil company had gotten flayed by shareholder advocates for its bullying.

The pundits who are flaying the White House for making the connection are merely buying a GOP talking point.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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