flaying
present participle offlay
flay
verb[T]
uk/fleɪ/us/fleɪ/toremovetheskinfrom a person's or animal'sbody
towhipapersonoranimalso hard that some oftheirskincomes off:
figurativeThecriticsreally flayed(=severelycriticized)his newbook.
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandonment
- banish
- be scattered to the four windsidiom
- bin
- castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
- dumping
- erase
- erasure
- evacuate
- evacuation
- exorcism
- expunge
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- shuck
- shucksomethingoff
- shufflesomethingoff
- sling
- toss
- turf
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Punishing by causing pain
Idiom
flaysomeonealive
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It seems desirable that these processes, andflaying, should be carried on in accordance with the most efficient and economical technique that can be provided.
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He seemed to beflayingout in all directions, many of which had nothing to do with the subject matter of the debate.
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The papers even said that they wereflayingthem alive.
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Flayingsigned the order, the justice of the peace was in great difficulty.
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The instruction in hideflayingand the treatment of offals is being widely availed of and much improvement has been effected in these branches of the trade.
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He has been emotionally scarred by witnessing theflayingof a superior officer and several nights spent in a dried-up well.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The chest has an incision, made in order to extract the heart of the victim beforeflaying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is often referred to asflayingalive.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other variations include splitting apart andflaying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Who "punishes" those (he finds offensive) in particular, byflayinghis victims alive.
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