flayed

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.

As any loyal viewers of HBO's popular series know, one should never get too attached to a character, lest they end up decapitated, flayed, skewered or incinerated by dragon fire.

To look at the Mona Lisa is to see Leonardo in the morgue, a flayed face in front of him, tracing the nerves and muscles that come together to make a smile.

“It’s very human to not want to have yourself sort of flayed open for the world to see.”