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What is another word for flaying?

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Verb

Present participle for to remove the (natural) skin or outer covering of

Present participle for to whip or lash

Present participle for to criticize severely and brutally

Present participle for to remove the (natural) skin or outer covering of

Present participle for to cut or trim off, especially the outer covering or skin of something

Present participle for to cut or slash, typically with the intent of causing damage

A punishment or assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly

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Verb

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Present participle for to remove the (natural) skin or outer covering of

removing the skin from

stripping the skin off

levelling^UK

leveling^US

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“We then flay the skin off by hand, using the knife but taking great care not to damage the skins, else they become worthless.”

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Present participle for to whip or lash

pummelling^UK

giving someone a hiding

batting

whacking

beating the living daylights out of

giving someone a good hiding

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

cudgelling^UK

cudgeling^US

tanning someone's hide

knocking into the middle of next week

dusting someone's britches

warming someone's seat

giving the cat o'nine tails

letting someone have it

giving someone a beating

giving someone a drubbing

giving someone a good beating

giving someone a good drubbing

brutalizing^US

brutalising^UK

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

assaulting physically

KO'ing

doing up

falling upon

knocking someone's lights out

beating someone's brains out

putting in the hospital

striking with a stick

boxing someone's ears

ill-treating

striking at

giving a black eye

jumping down one's throat

coming down on

hauling off on

going for

giving someone a licking

battling

giving a hiding to

giving someone a hot bottom

knocking the living daylights out of

putting over one's knee

putting someone over your knee

firing at

getting at

putting someone's lights out

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“He stopped the horses, jerked the man off his saddle, and proceeded to half-flay him with a blacksnake whip he carried.”

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Present participle for to criticize severely and brutally

lambasting

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

pummelling^UK

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

giving a tongue-lashing

hauling over the coals

trashing

vituperating

giving a talking-to

giving someone a dressing-down

rapping over the knuckles

blaming

trimming

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a wigging

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone what for

giving someone an earful

disparaging

pulling up

raking over the coals

letting someone have it

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a rating

throwing brickbats at

giving someone hell

giving someone a caning

giving a bad press to

coming down on

giving someone some stick

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

giving something a battering

blowing up at

blowing up

slapping someone's wrist

casting aspersions on

vituperating against

carping at

cavilling at

calling on the carpet

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

doing a hatchet job on

pouring scorn on

disapproving of

giving some stick to

jumping down one's throat

taking to the woodshed

burning someone's ears

preaching

jawboning

pinning your ears back

putting someone on the griddle

putting someone on the hot seat

climbing all over

biting someone's head off

satirizing^US

going for the jugular

satirising^UK

rapping across the knuckles

having words

severely reprimanding

moralizing^US

moralising^UK

criticizing hatefully

giving someone a carpeting

jumping all over

weighing into

giving something a bad press

giving someone a bad press

dishonoring^US

snapping someone's head off

sending someone away with a flea in his

lowering the boom

giving a piece of one's mind

giving the dickens

skinning

giving the business

jumping down someone's throat

bringing to book

having someone on the carpet

expressing disapproval of

cudgelling^UK

cudgeling^US

reviewing unfavorably

calling over the coals

dragging over the coals

laying out

rapping someone the knuckles

dragging through the mud

minimizing^US

dismissing

discounting

libeling^US

libelling^UK

minimising^UK

look down one's nose at

bringing into disrepute

dragging through the mire

speaking badly of

skinning alive

blackening the name of

passing strictures upon

ostracizing^US

ostracising^UK

sullying the reputation of

taking a swipe at

blackening the reputation of

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

calling names

conducting a smear campaign against

ragging on

spreading scandal about

running smear campaign

bringing down

holding up to ridicule

running a smear campaign against

jumping on one's case

blackening the character of

holding someone to blame

shooting full of holes

bringing discredit to

dragging someone's name through the mud

ripping up and down

tarring and feathering

dragging through mud

bringing shame upon

bringing shame on

hurting somebody's feelings

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

stepping on one's toes

regarding with disgust

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

blackening someone's name

turning up one's nose

taking the piss out of

making fun of

heaping scorn on

treating with contempt

vanquishing

confusing

ripping up

causing to feel small

taking the wind out of your sails

making someone eat humble pie

making ashamed

settling someone's hash

casting down

bringing low

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

putting to shame

putting out of countenance

giving your opinion of

writing a critique of

commenting on

reading through

correcting

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“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

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Present participle for to remove the (natural) skin or outer covering of

Verb

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Present participle for to cut or trim off, especially the outer covering or skin of something

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Verb

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Present participle for to cut or slash, typically with the intent of causing damage

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A punishment or assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly

pummeled^US

pummelling^UK

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

offense^US

offence^UK

totaling^US

totalling^UK

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

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