to maul
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7.2
- verb
- /mɔl/
- NSFW
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- "Young men were mauled in street battles, and many were arrested and sent to jail."
- badly mauled
And there was a, a scene where we were filming the sharks like mauling this guy.
- And there was a, a scene where we were filming the sharks like mauling this guy.
- He's the second you let him, the second you open that zoo cage, he is out there mauling people.
- Behind the coach is a magical land with a lamppost and some goat guy and all the criminals get mauled by the Jesus Lion for one hour.
Examples
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Recently, a farmer was mauled to death outside the woods.
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Try not to get mauled.
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Every so often, when they all band together, they do manage to maul some people.
Fiction book (1991) -
And he was mauled for this.
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Now, this is for that poor woman that you mauled.
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Got mauled to death by a wild ape.
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He wasn't just killed, he was mauled to death, as if by a wild animal.
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The tigress badly mauled the poacher after he shot her, nearly killing him.
Academic text (2011) -
The bill was dubbed "Haley's Act" after Haley Hilderbrand, who was mauled to death in 2005 while posing with a tiger.
Academic text (2008) -
The bear began to maul the unsuspecting intruder in the campsite.
Synonyms
344
3.7
To treat a person or animal cruelly to harm them
35
7.0
To seriously injure someone so they lose use of a body part or have it badly damaged
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6.1
To badly cut, tear, or crush and cause a serious physical injury
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7.4
To be cruel to a person or animal
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9.9
To kill or seriously hurt someone quickly
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7.5
To hit or attack someone unexpectedly and unfairly
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
A medium-sized evergreen tree with oblong, leathery leaves that often have spiny edges and grows in dry southwestern North America
How Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maul comes from an old word for a 'heavy hammer' and is related to mallet. Imagine being hit or ripped like by a big hammer — that's why maul now means to injure or badly damage someone or something.