Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A severe beating, as with a stick or cudgel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An instance of something being
mauled . - verb Present participle of
maul .
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Examples
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You'll avoid the mauling from the bear, and you'll avoid the mauling that the. 454C or .475L will give you.
what is your smallest caliber for a bear defense pistol. 2009
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You'll avoid the mauling from the bear, and you'll avoid the mauling that the. 454C or .475L will give you.
what is your smallest caliber for a bear defense pistol. 2009
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Australia's scrum took a mauling from the Welsh but will be doing everything in his power to be there against England.
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Australia's scrum took a mauling from the Welsh but will be doing everything in his power to be there against England.
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She tells the AP the mauling was a terrible shock.
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He'll be taught to fence and box by and by, and till then I think he will do very well without any lessons in mauling.
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The mauling was the second for Khalil, who was attacked by a different pit bull when he was 3, according to his mother.
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Mr Hargreaves said earlier that he had been told two of his dogs had been identified as mauling a neighbour's family pet fox terrier, which subsequently died.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By DELWYN DICKEY and CLIO FRANCIS 2010
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Mr Hargreaves said earlier that he had been told two of his dogs had been identified as mauling a neighbour's family pet fox terrier, which subsequently died.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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-- A volunteer at a Florida primate sanctuary who was attacked by a chimpanzee last week said Tuesday the mauling was her mistake.
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