MAULED Definition & Meaning

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mauled

[ mawld ]

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adjective

harshly treated:
The critically mauled movie sequel has also led to countless parodies and imitations.
badly injured or damaged:
In the aftermath of the fox’s visit, Robin found half her chickens missing and a badly mauled rooster inside the chicken house itself.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of maul ( def ).

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of mauled¹

maul ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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The Slovak cabinet has approved a plan to shoot around a quarter of the country's brown bears, after a man was mauled to death while walking in a forest in Central Slovakia.

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He mentioned the Golden Gophers having beaten conference front-runner Michigan, their excellent help defense and their having mauled USC in the paint last weekend during a victory at the Galen Center.

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When Blake gets initially mauled, the swirling cinematography is so hard to understand that, for good measure, a few beats later he gets mauled again.

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Lisa Willis, who was mauled by an XL bully months after the ban, said the attack had felt like a "horror movie" and the law was "useless".

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In the May 31 attack, the employee’s leg “was badly mauled, requiring hospitalization,” Cal/OSHA said.

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