flay
verb (used with object)
to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Classify it however you like; it is a shockingly powerful work of art, as funny as it is flaying.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2020