Flay (verb)

1. Strip the skin off (a corpse or an animal) with a knife.
2. Criticize (someone) severely.
3. Remove the skin from (a carcass) in preparation for cooking.

Origin:

Old english flǣgan, of germanic origin; related to dutch vlijen and german fliegen.

Examples:

1. The tiger had been flayed and its pelt hung from a tree.
2. She was flayed by the critics for her poor performance.
3. The butcher was flaying the chicken to remove its feathers.
4. She flayed him with her sharp tongue.
5. The hunter flayed the deer and removed the meat.