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

flayed

VERB
remove skin, bark, hide, etc.
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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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

The students plastered Dean Martinez’s classroom last week with flyers saying that the protesters were exercising their First Amendment right to engage in “counter-speech,” an argument flayed by Judge Duncan.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

Lore answered, “The stag will be flayed and the carcass divided up, and then we’ll head back to camp.”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo



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