flayings
Removing skin violently
Flayings are acts of stripping skin from a body, whether as torture, execution, or butchering.
The word extends to severe verbal attacks: The critic's flayings of young authors were legendary.
Historically, flaying was a punishment in various cultures, and images of flayed figures appear in religious and anatomical art.
Abundant quantities, informally
- whippingsPunishments by striking repeatedly
- beatingsStrikes delivered repeatedly
- scourgingWhipping as punishment
- floggingsWhip-administered punishments
torture · executions · castigations · chastisements · peeling · skinning · brutality · cruelty
Harsh criticism; skin abrasion
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- verbalOf or in words
- attackAggressive act against another
denunciation · castigation · lambasting · savaging · roasting · tongue-lashing · dressing-down · harsh
lashings
Abundant quantities, informally
- whippingsPunishments by striking repeatedly
- beatingsStrikes delivered repeatedly
- scourgingWhipping as punishment
floggings · torture · executions · castigations · chastisements · peeling · skinning · brutality · cruelty · suffering
excoriation
Harsh criticism; skin abrasion
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- verbalOf or in words
attack · denunciation · castigation · lambasting · savaging · roasting · tongue-lashing · dressing-down · harsh · scathing
skinning
Removing outer covering
slaughter · butchering · knife · blade · curing · tanning · leather · animal · processing · meat
flayingsskin grafts
Surgical wound covering procedure
healings · dressings · protections · coverings · restorations
flayingscaresses
Touches gently with love
soothing · comforting · nurturing · embraces
flayingsmercies
Acts of forgiveness
pardons · reprieves · clemencies · absolutions · caresses