mauled

Verb

maul (third-person singular simple present mauls, present participle mauling, simple past and past participle mauled)

1. To handle someone or something in a rough way.

   Synonyms:

   abuse, mishandle, misuse

2. (usually) To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
   • The bear mauled him in a terrible way.

   Synonyms:

   harm, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for

3. (figuratively) To criticise harshly.
   • The latest film by the Cohen brothers was mauled by the press, and was a box-office flop to boot.

   Synonyms:

   castigate, excoriate, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, tilt, cannonade, slash, lash

4. (transitive) To beat with a maul.
5. (slang) To play rough, to fondle intensively.
   • 28 year old big, burly, bearded grizzly looking for other bears to maul me! Facial/body hair, brains a plus!1990 January 21, “Fuck Buddy/ies wanted”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 27, Personals, page 13

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