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  • past participle of flay.
  • past tense form of flay.

flayed

VERB
remove skin, bark, hide, etc.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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One of his recurring subjects was meat, from flayed rabbits to rayfish, with odorous side effects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Its common name is weeping fig, and in these flayed skins the lamentation resonates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

In Anderson's next over, Jaiswal flayed three consecutive sixes.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2024

“It’s very human to not want to have yourself sort of flayed open for the world to see.”

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2024

The largest banners were behind the dais, where the direwolf of Winterfell and the flayed man of the Dreadfort hung back of the bride and groom.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin



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