Flaking
Peeling
Peeling noun - Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales.
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Flaking and peeling are semantically related. You can use "Flaking" instead the word "Peeling" as an adjective or a noun. popular alternative
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In Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, the film starts in a town low-lit in a grungy sepia, with peeling paint, flaking bricks, and warped, weathered, wet wood.
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