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Meanings of flaying in English
Method of slow and painful execution in which skin is removed from the body.
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Usage of flaying in English
1
The god of course triumphed, and punished Marsyas by flaying him alive.
2
Each tree doomed to this flaying process was first attacked by Creedle.
3
There were two girls who were flaying each other outside the 'Grand-Balcony.'
4
He felt Ruin's fury pummeling him, flaying him, ravenous to destroy him.
5
Letty, on the other hand, is verbally flaying those criminals alive.
6
As I approached, she was flaying the delivery men with sarcasm.
7
S. Bartholomew flourishes his flaying-knife and dripping skin with a glare of menace.
8
What could it do to her that the flaying knives couldn't?
9
The spotlights were moving around the street, flaying open the night.
10
One learns more examining one's own conscience than dissecting and flaying others alive.
11
She looked around, the red walls quivering and the music flaying her ears.
12
Now, git up, Buck! he yelled suddenly, flaying the sand with his switch.
13
We occupied the forenoon in flaying a number of dogs.
14
Watched him step forward and bend to the flaying knife.
15
His education was to proceed yet a while longer by the process of flaying.
16
Only then would the flaying of Father Dagon be avenged.
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