Definition of "flaying" [flaying]

• Present participle of flay. (verb)
• The act by which something is flayed. (noun)

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• "You know, before she turned into the skin flaying witch."
• "It would be too easy, however, to dismiss his movies as merely sadistic excersizes in flaying open the human soul to the sheer fun of it."
• "These extremes, however, are not often resorted to, for the natives are usually content with simpler means, such as flaying a goat, instead of"