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Synonyms for maul

ill-treat

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Synonyms for maul

to injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear

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Synonyms for maul

a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

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split (wood) with a maul and wedges

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injure badly by beating

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One of those mauled was drug suspect Eddie Basillote who is now detained at the Cebu City Police Office's detention facility.
Police later learned from witnesses that the detainee was mauled by his fellow inmates, Jimmy Apable, Rodelio Alcuriza, and Daniel Sallan prior to the time that he was seen already pale.
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 28 ( ANI ): In yet another incident caused by stray dog attack, a nine-year old boy was mauled to death here in Balijipet.
In another incident, a five-year-old girl sustained critical injuries after being mauled by a stray dog on the way to madrasa.
Newcastle crown court heard the tot fell or was dragged from his bouncer and the Lakeland cross may have mauled him for up to 20 minutes.
DUBAI: A forest ranger in India resorted to jumping off a roof in a bid to avoid being mauled by a leopard in the Kuruli village of Odisha last week.
In a similar attack last Saturday off the island state of Tasmania, recreational diver Damian Johnson, 46, became the second victim of a fatal shark attack in Australia this year when he was mauled by a suspected great white.
A TIGER that broke loose after severe flooding at the Tbilisi Zoo mauled a man to death before being shot by police.
At the beginning of June an American tourist was mauled by a lion in a lion park near Johannesburg, South Africa.
A GRIEVING daughter has revealed the dog that mauled her mum to death was bought to protect her.
Her employers told doctors at the hospital in Kuwait where she was taken that it was a dog that mauled her, but authorities suspected something was amiss because of the severity of the Filipina maid's wounds.
Saints mauled Wasps in a raw thriller, all four bonuspoint earning tries coming from their rampant, rolling pack.