Answer: flayer

AnswerCrossword Clue
FLAYERIonosphere segment
FLAYEROne giving a tongue-lashing
FLAYEROne who censures
FLAYEROne using a cat-o'-nine-tails
FLAYERHarsh critic
FLAYERWhip snapper
flayerto criticize severely
flayerto strip the skin from
flayerthe highest and most densely ionized regular layer of the ionosphere occurring at night within the F region
flayerone that flays (to strip off skin or hide)