Crush
Crush verb - To cause to become a pulpy mass.
Flay
Flay verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
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Flay Allster of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED may have been the Scrappy, but Kira had a crush on her at the beginning of the series and it grew into something more.
Source: Heroes Want Redheads
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