🔪flay

verb
/fleɪ/

Meaning

to strip off the skin of something or criticize severely

Example Sentences

The chef flayed the fish before cooking it.

Synonyms

skin, strip, criticize, excoriate

Antonyms

cover, protect

Collocations

flay alive, flay mercilessly, flay the fish

Related Vocabularies

To make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.
to make someone unable to think clearly, usually because of surprise or shock
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to remain in a particular place or state

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