excorticate /eks-körˈti-kāt/

To strip the bark off

excorticāˈtion noun

• afald
• afar
• afara
• afaras
• a far cry
• a fast buck
• a fat chance
• a fate worse than death
• a fat lot
• afawld
• AFC
• afear
• afeard
• afeared
• afearing
• afears
• a feather in one's cap
• afebrile
• a few
• a few bob
• affabilities
• affability
• affable
• affably
• affair