mauling

VERB

mangle, abuse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beat up bludgeon drub lacerate molest mug pummel rough up thrash trample

STRONG

bang bash batter beat buffet claw clean flagellate flail hit hurt ill-treat lash maltreat muscle paste paw pelt pound skin wax whip

WEAK

break face handle roughly knock about knock around lean on let have it put in the hospital take care of work over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

protect

STRONG

aid assist help lose surrender

WEAK

guard maintain take care

Example Sentences

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Look here, Violet Mauling, I did see you on Market Street, and I did cut you dead.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

At the end of the day, Thomas Van Dorn and Miss Mauling locked up the office and went down the hall and the stairs to the street together.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

Mr. Calvin’s practice doubled and trebled and Miss Mauling lost small caste with the nobility and gentry.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

“What name, please?” responded Miss Mauling, who knew that the visitor knew she was playing.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

On t'other side of the Harbour is another City, formerly called Il Borgo, or the Borough, but now named Città Vittoriosa, alluding to the terrible Mauling the Turks got here in 1566.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus