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What is another word for
flay
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▲
To remove the (natural) skin or outer covering of
To whip or lash
To criticize severely and brutally
To cut or trim off, especially the outer covering or skin of something
To cut or slash, typically with the intent of causing damage
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▲
Verb
▲
To remove the (natural) skin or outer covering of
skin
peel
husk
hull
shuck
shell
strip
bark
scrape
excoriate
scalp
remove the skin from
strip the skin off
pare
remove
abrade
scratch
decorticate
chafe
cut
graze
rasp
rub
shed
scale
rub raw
scuff
shave
lacerate
desquamate
wound
pull off
extract
pod
unwrap
trim
grind
gall
rind
unpeel
excorticate
scour
fret
grate
flake
irritate
damage
file
exuviate
slough
score
scarify
bare
etch
triturate
rub off
cut off
lay bare
dehull
deskin
scrub
fleece
raze
clear
clean
sandpaper
thin
sand
shale
take off
remove the shells from
flense
gash
incise
groove
gouge
mark
de-skin
prick
nick
scrabble
make a mark on
rub away
erode
peel away
wear
strip away
fray
corrode
frazzle
corrade
roughen
uncover
erase
wear away
wear down
bite into
eat away at
peel off
scrape away
wear off
scrape out
gnaw away at
grind down
delaminate
tear off
take the skin off
take the rind off
buff
rub down
drag
polish
smooth
rub against
rub painfully
burnish
hone
engrave
impair
hurt
wear out
scuff up
tatter
brush
pinch
rake
burn
snick
scuffle
break the skin of
key
wear to shreds
frot
shear
inflame
scrawl on
shuffle
blister
plane
slice
whittle
furbish
shape
sliver
refine
buff out
sand down
finish
level
consume
waste
deteriorate
dissolve
crumble
use
decay
weather
fade
bother
overwork
tax
overuse
undermine
eat away
wear thin
become worn
wear through
gnaw away
crumble away
wash away
grind away
become threadbare
waste away
go to seed
scrape off
cut down
use up
clean out
descale
flush
more ❯
“We then
flay
the skin off by hand, using the knife but taking great care not to damage the skins, else they become worthless.”
Verb
▲
To whip or lash
whip
lash
flog
scourge
thrash
beat
birch
whale
tan
flagellate
belt
switch
hide
horsewhip
flail
strike
hit
leather
cane
slash
cowhide
rawhide
wallop
club
lambaste
strap
batter
bash
thump
pummel
US
drub
pelt
give someone a hiding
bat
whack
beat the living daylights out of
paddle
thresh
lambast
pound
hammer
pummelled
UK
bludgeon
buffet
give someone a good hiding
lick
smack
clout
pommel
slate
lather
lace
whap
larrup
spank
belabor
US
punish
belabour
UK
maul
slug
stripe
slog
whop
baste
whup
welt
tromp
fib
curry
chastise
lam
tan one's hide
bung up
rough up
work over
mess up
punch out
knock
cudgel
clobber
thwack
sock
whomp
maltreat
do
wax
smite
fustigate
tan someone's hide
punch
pitch
bullwhip
paste
deck
quirt
thong
break
slap
crack
bruise
cuff
assault
abuse
attack
chin
rap
tonk
biff
tap
ram
swat
bop
bang
drum
plug
box
mash
take a strap to
do over
paddlewhack
knock about
lay one on
knock around
rain blows on
knock into the middle of next week
fill in
lay into
warm someone's seat
dust someone's britches
smash
whip someone's hide
castigate
trounce
flax
ferule
hit hard
punish severely
give the cat o'nine tails
clip
bust
slam
clock
lace into
swipe
zap
let someone have it
clap
nail
bonk
bob
tag
beat up
pitch into
boff
light into
slosh
quilt
beat up on
dong
swinge
stick one on
assail
give someone a beating
sail into
have a go at
tear into
set about
duff up
get stuck into
set upon
give someone a drubbing
give someone a good beating
give someone a good drubbing
manhandle
crown
floor
dot
thud
let fly at
king-hit
bump
lash out at
blast
jab
pop
mug
weigh into
cosh
turn on
fall on
crush
hook
wham
sucker-punch
welly
beat to a pulp
jump
set on
bash up
pounce on
round on
forge
draw
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
drive
kick
impact
pulverize
US
trash
blow
skelp
pulverise
UK
mistreat
lob
roughhouse
crash
ding
aim blows at
zonk
harm
assault physically
KO
do up
fall upon
knock someone's lights out
beat someone's brains out
slap around
strike out at
fly at
pounce upon
hit out at
defeat
blister
handle
yerk
hit repeatedly
lacerate
jerk
whisk
shake
mutilate
thump on
knock on
harass
excoriate
scathe
bear down
flutter
flop
flap
wear out
poke
bam
bushwhack
pulp
wound
bombard
contuse
break face
lean on
take care of
take out
plant one
put in the hospital
aggress
malleate
beat hollow
bust up
afflict
impinge
clump
collide
hurt
rain blows upon
slipper
let have it
hang one on
uppercut
conk
beat someone up
stone
pellet
percuss
brain
dab
blitz
whang
impel
thrust
knock cold
mishandle
besiege
blackjack
knock out
ride roughshod
let fly
lay a finger on
strike with a stick
beat with a stick
knock block off
scud
invade
incapacitate
disable
injure
physically attack
kick in
ill-treat
box someone's ears
knock for a loop
strike at
give a black eye
trim
blip
come down on
go for
jump down one's throat
haul off on
battle
give someone a licking
give someone a hot bottom
knock the living daylights out of
put over one's knee
put someone over your knee
warm someone's bottom
get at
fire at
put someone's lights out
more ❯
“He stopped the horses, jerked the man off his saddle, and proceeded to half-
flay
him with a blacksnake whip he carried.”
Verb
▲
To criticize severely and brutally
lambaste
criticise
UK
criticize
US
castigate
censure
berate
scold
rebuke
upbraid
hammer
reprimand
reproach
condemn
attack
lambast
chastise
rate
lecture
reprove
rag
blast
keelhaul
baste
score
monster
slam
slate
jaw
excoriate
savage
bash
denounce
pan
knock
abuse
rubbish
revile
roast
flame
pummelled
UK
pummel
US
crucify
pillory
diss
bag
denigrate
skewer
belabor
US
belabour
UK
execrate
lay into
dress down
bawl out
chew out
ream out
tear into
tongue-lash
rail against
rant at
call down
rail at
have a go at
find fault with
slag off
bad-mouth
take apart
run down
pull to pieces
criticize severely
tear to pieces
cut up
tear a strip off
give a tongue-lashing
carpet
admonish
read the riot act
chide
take to task
reprehend
objurgate
tell off
haul over the coals
trash
vituperate
give a talking-to
give someone a dressing-down
give a rocket
tear off a strip
vilify
remonstrate with
pitch into
lace into
tick off
rap over the knuckles
blame
trim
give someone a telling-off
slash
put down
jump on
rap
bollock
wig
give someone a roasting
give someone an earful
give someone a wigging
give someone what for
give someone a rollicking
disparage
pull up
rake over the coals
let someone have it
give someone a mouthful
give someone a bollocking
give someone a row
give someone a rating
row
scathe
pull apart
throw brickbats at
give someone hell
give someone a caning
maul
assail
potshot
lash
shoot down
take to pieces
give a bad press to
give someone some stick
come down on
slap down
reprobate
ream
blister
slap on the wrist
send someone away with a flea in their ear
put on the mat
scorch
nag
malign
light into
pick holes in
deprecate
give something a battering
blow up at
slap someone's wrist
blow up
scourge
chasten
asperse
arraign
rail
rip into
lash into
inveigh against
cast aspersions on
vituperate against
carp at
cavil at
call on the carpet
slur
derogate
slap
harangue
besmirch
deride
exprobate
monish
lesson
cavil
do a hatchet job on
pour scorn on
disapprove of
yell at
go on at
jump down one's throat
give some stick to
take to the woodshed
animadvert on
lay down the law
hit out at
give flak to
nitpick about
drub
ridicule
smear
dis
scarify
slag
shellac
fault
stigmatize
US
punish
sledge
dispraise
denunciate
stigmatise
UK
rake
check
crawl all over
burn someone's ears
preach
jawbone
pin your ears back
put someone on the griddle
jeer at
call to account
bag on
get angry with
find fault
put someone on the hot seat
bite someone's head off
give someone bondi
climb all over
cast a slur on
tear apart
lean on
criticize harshly
pick to pieces
insult
lampoon
take
scratch
cut
cane
rollick
exprobrate
whip
beat
attask
satirize
US
ferule
badmouth
fulminate
go for the jugular
scorn
destroy
satirise
UK
belittle
rake over coals
harass
rip
brand
heap
chew
rave at
caution
threap
discredit
have words
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
moralize
US
moralise
UK
slang
defame
discipline
recriminate
taunt
zap
oppose
trounce
fry
lash out at
depreciate
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
shout at
cuss out
give one hell
jump all over
give something a bad press
weigh into
give someone a bad press
objurate
expostulate
give a hard time
take down a peg
take down
get after
speak to
get on
talk to
burn one's ears
dishonor
US
accuse
twit
dishonour
UK
disgrace
rank on
give going-over
give piece of mind
carp on
sound off
go after
snap someone's head off
skin
blacken someone's reputation
expose to ridicule
show someone up
hold up to shame
lower the boom
send someone away with a flea in his
give the dickens
give a piece of one's mind
carp
injure
lay on
call to task
give comeuppance
point the finger
give the devil
express disapproval of
lose one's temper with
have someone on the carpet
give the business
bring to book
jump down someone's throat
keep after
nit-pick
detract from
scoff at
talk down
cudgel
strike
hit
smother
sail into
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
bring under fire
tie into
beat up on
fulminate against
call over the coals
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lay out
decry
slander
calumniate
vilipend
impugn
traduce
libel
slight
speak ill of
minimize
US
discount
dump on
diminish
dismiss
trash-talk
drag through the mud
blacken
minimise
UK
mock
contemn
tear down
detract
cry down
backbite
undervalue
poor-mouth
scandalize
US
curse
play down
speak evil of
write off
throw mud at
kiss off
speak badly of
scandalise
UK
deplore
underrate
hate
disdain
give a bad name
despise
sneer at
blacken the name of
misprize
anathematize
disrespect
underestimate
abhor
sully
sling mud at
spread lies about
misrepresent
degrade
marginalize
US
mudsling
marginalise
UK
pooh-pooh
give a black eye
detest
do down
sully the reputation of
look down on
loathe
trivialize
US
abominate
demean
taint
downgrade
minify
tarnish
lower
spurn
opprobriate
stain
trivialise
UK
make light of
fling mud at
hold cheap
spread scandal about
treat lightly
blacken the reputation of
tell lies about
call names
cut to the quick
conduct a smear campaign against
laugh at
sully someone's reputation
proscribe
offend
declaim
devalue
humiliate
reject
tease
rant
snoot
inveigh
deflate
blaspheme
persecute
oppress
debase
snub
fustigate
animadvert
demonize
US
ostracize
US
scoff
demonise
UK
ostracise
UK
hose
call out
sneer
complain
miscall
caricature
burlesque
drag through the mire
bring into disrepute
do a number on
swear at
treat disrespectfully
put away
declaim against
high-hat
throw shade
be rude to
sniff at
rip up
run a smear campaign against
laugh off
treat with contempt
take a swipe at
drag someone's name through the mud
drag someone's name through the mire
write false reports about
blacken the character of
feel contempt for
look down upon
mark wrong
spread tales about
cut down to size
blacken someone's name
drag name through mud
refute
prosecute
argue with
assault verbally
cheapen
impeach
indict
disagree with
pile in
downcry
poormouth
ride
zing
start on
start in
backstab
gossip
spite
take on
lam into
set upon
put hooks in
affront
rebuff
incriminate
remonstrate
bring discredit to
animadvert upon
give tongue-lashing
annoy
blow off
cut down
provoke
jump on one's case
make fun of
outrage
criticize unfairly
bad mouth
give black eye
back-bite
gossip about
downplay
hurt
knock off high horse
aggravate
let fly at
rap knuckles
lash out
show up
charge with
understate
wound
squash
hurl insults at
explode
squelch
wade into
upset
storm
rage
mortify
mark down
tear to shreds
snipe at
take swipe at
speak of with disfavour
be unkind about
have a pop at
be critical of
be malicious about
look askance
pick apart
yelp
yap
bawl
let fly
befoul
poor mouth
pooh pooh
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
nag at
pass strictures upon
disapprove
smirch
blot
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
irritate
disoblige
villainize
abase
frame
have at
work over
crack down on
shun
defile
judge
damage
pronounce
name
adjudge
rile
growl
gird
jeer
humble
muckrake
discountenance
give offence to
scout
injure the reputation of
cast aspersion
taint someone's name
blacken someone's character
stain someone's good name
accuse falsely
sully someone's name
tarnish someone's name
soil someone's name
cause offence to
regard with disgust
step on one's toes
hurt somebody's feelings
cut dead
belie
feel aversion to
gibe
repudiate
strumpet
plaster
declare unfit
send up
feel disgust for
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
lay at one's door
send up the river
disregard
feel revulsion to
spit on
be scornful about
heap scorn on
turn back on
be contemptuous about
hold in contempt
curl your lip at
spit in the face of
turn your nose up at
turn down
show contempt for
turn up one's nose at
spit in the eye of
dislike
bark at
sell short
disrelish
sling mud
thunder
walk over
look down one's nose at
dread
sneeze at
thumb nose at
defame someone's character
run smear campaign
eschew
vociferate
kick
protest
fume
shrink from
find intolerable
not be able to stomach
not be able to stand
fear
feel contempt
have a horror of
have a down on
have no use for
not be able to bear
be allergic to
regard with contempt
be repelled by
challenge
object
complain about
expostulate about
protest strongly at
make a fuss about
make a stand against
kick up a fuss about
take issue with
thunder against
object to
raise objections to
make a protest against
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
put up a fight against
kick up a stink about
rage against
kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
kick up
remonstrate about
take great exception to
be unable to stand
have a strong aversion to
greatly dislike
be unable to bear
be afraid of
dig
jinx
rag on
more ❯
“Just as drama critics
flay
the drawing-room comedy, so the 'pink' film critic shows no mercy to the average Hollywood or Pinewood product.”
Verb
▲
To cut or trim off, especially the outer covering or skin of something
pare
trim
cut
crop
prune
clip
shear
snip
shave
dock
bob
lop
nip
poll
peel
skin
slash
strip
skive
scrape
excoriate
thin
decorticate
carve
scalp
lop off
cut off
trim off
peel off
shave off
strip off
clip off
knock off
pare off
take off
shorten
pollard
cut back
mow
truncate
curtail
reduce
cut short
cut shorter
neaten
shape
lower
coppice
pare down
even up
tidy up
thin out
trim down
remove
detach
chop
barber
fleece
detruncate
top
hew
tonsure
disengage
chop off
hack off
make shorter
cut into a bob
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cut or slash, typically with the intent of causing damage
maim
cut
lacerate
mutilate
slash
hack
rend
mangle
slit
chop
butcher
slice
carve
hash
slay
hew
chop up
cut about
injure
gash
mangulate
tear
claw
incise
scratch
rip
savage
cleave
stab
shred
wound
score
split
hurt
maul
damage
tear apart
cut open
cut to pieces
rive
sever
skin
shear
saw
tear to pieces
scythe
fray
burst
frazzle
pierce
crack
ribbon
destroy
jigsaw
break
cut to ribbons
cripple
disable
incapacitate
disfigure
lame
distort
dismember
amputate
ravage
hack up
cut up
tear limb from limb
scrape
graze
lance
puncture
gouge
knife
jag
serrate
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