Flay
Flay verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Usage example: her husband flayed her constantly for her incessant shopping
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Hammer
Hammer verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Usage example: the critics have long been hammering the stage actress for resorting to the same mixed bag of mannerisms over and over
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The cast of Mana Khemia use weapons that range from cool to downright improbable, among them Nikki's giant hammer with retractable dual flails for a head, electric drill claws for Pamela's possessed teddy, and Flay's shuriken-launching mechsword.
Source: Impossibly Cool Weapon
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Hammer and Flay. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flay/hammer
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