16
peel(verb, take, scale, divestment)
12
desquamate(verb, drop, strip, scale, skin)
10
flake(noun, verb, peel)
10
shed(verb, drop, scale, crumble, skin)
6
drop(verb, scale, crumble, peel, sliver)
6
scale(verb, drop, strip, crumble, skin)
5
excoriate(verb, divestment)
4
chip(verb, crumble, peel, sliver)
3
denude(scale, divestment)
3
flake off(verb, peel)
2
break
2
delaminate(verb, drop, strip, scale, crumble)
2
laminate(verb, cover)
2
molt
2
scale off(verb, peel)
1
arrange in layers(expression, idiom)
1
bare
1
breach
1
burst
1
bust
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