flaying
Sign in to saveAlso known as skinned alive, skinning
thumb|225px|Michelangelo's The Last Judgment - [[St Bartholomew holding the knife of his martyrdom and his flayed skin; it is conjectured that Michelangelo included a self-portrait depicting himself as St Bartholomew after he had been flayed alive.]]
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thumb|225px|Michelangelo's The Last Judgment - [[St Bartholomew holding the knife of his martyrdom and his flayed skin; it is conjectured that Michelangelo included a self-portrait depicting himself as St Bartholomew after he had been flayed alive.]]
Flaying, also known as skinning, is a method of slow torture or execution in which skin is removed from the body.
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