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(transitive, obsolete) To strip (something or someone) of flesh, perhaps as a form of torture..
VVhat ſhall vve ſay to the multitudes of thoſe that are thus martyred, […] VVhat are to the racking and excarnificating their bodies, before this laſt puniſhment?
Use excarnificate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Excarnificate means (transitive, obsolete) To strip (something or someone) of flesh, perhaps as a form of torture..
Common synonyms include excarnate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
VVhat ſhall vve ſay to the multitudes of thoſe that are thus martyred, […] VVhat are to the racking and excarnificating their bodies, before this laſt puniſhment?
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