flaying
Stripping off hide
Flaying is the act of stripping skin from a body, whether animal or human.
Hunters flay game to prepare hides; in historical contexts, flaying was a method of torture and execution.
Figuratively, to flay someone is to criticize them harshly: The critics flayed his latest novel.
Severely denouncing or censuring
- lambastingHarshly criticizing someone
- castigatingSeverely criticizing or reprimanding
- evisceratingRemoving internal organs
- denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
condemning · censuring · berating · scolding · chastising · reprimanding · upbraiding · rebuking
excoriating
Severely denouncing or censuring
- lambastingHarshly criticizing someone
- castigatingSeverely criticizing or reprimanding
- evisceratingRemoving internal organs
denouncing · condemning · censuring · berating · scolding · chastising · reprimanding · upbraiding · rebuking · blasting
hide
Conceal or pelt
butchery · carcass · fleshing · gutting · dissection · taxidermy · evisceration · scalping · abattoir · slaughterhouse
- punishmentsjail, prison, timeout, grounded, fine
- executionsexecution, execution chamber, hanging, guillotine, executioner
- torturerack, the rack, thumbscrew, thumbscrews, iron maiden
- torture devicesrack, iron maiden, thumbscrew, thumbscrews, pillory
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- reproachesblaming, scolding, rebuking, reprimanding, censuring
flayingskin grafting
Transplanting tissue to wounds
healing · moisturizing · skincare · preserving · bandaging