Skinned or criticised severely (6)

I believe the answer is:

flayed

(Other definitions for flayed that I've seen before include "Skinned -severely beaten" , "Stripped skin or hide off" , "Stripped the skin off a body" , "Stripped off skin by whipping" , "Stripped skin from or criticised severly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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