āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to flay
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āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻā§āĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to strip the skin or outer covering from a person, animal, or object, often as part of preparation or punishment
Transitive: to flay sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Ancient punishments sometimes involved flaying enemies alive.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to criticize someone severely, often in public
Transitive: to flay sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He was flayed in the press after the scandal broke.
āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ¸ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
