Flay

/fleɪ/

Synonyms for "flay" (87 found)

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flay a hideflay aliveflay the carcassflay the skinflay with a knife

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

All straightway gird them to the feast. These flay / the ribs and thighs, and lay the entrails bare. / Those slice the flesh, and split the quivering prey, / and tend the fires and set the cauldrons in array.

Source: tatoeba (6785213)

Her letters lacerate my heart, flay it wide open bleeding - yet I read every word.

Source: tatoeba (11000006)

If they'd let me have my way, I could have flayed him into shape

Source: wiktionary

The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.

Source: wiktionary

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