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		maulmaul /mɔːl $ mɒːl/ verb [transitive]    maulOrigin: 1300-1400 maul  ‘hammer’ (13-20 centuries), from Old French mail, from Latin malleus  VERB TABLEmaul |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | maul |   | he, she, it | mauls |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | mauled |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have mauled |   | he, she, it | has mauled |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had mauled |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will maul |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have mauled |  
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 | Present | I | am mauling |   | he, she, it | is mauling |   | you, we, they | are mauling |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was mauling |   | you, we, they | were mauling |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been mauling |   | he, she, it | has been mauling |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been mauling |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be mauling |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been mauling |  
    - A six-year-old boy was mauled by a mountain lion.
 - Cincinnati mauled the Oilers 41-14 at Riverfront Stadium.
 
 - His ads mauling Feinstein were brutal, as were hers in return.
 - Slabs of dough lay covered under a gauzy fabric, waiting to be pummeled and mauled by Mrs Bay.
 - The assailant approached another woman on Baden Avenue near Maple Avenue, grabbed her shoulders, kissed and mauled her.
 - The offending picture was confiscated and Professor Jones was mauled for permitting its exhibition.
 - Tiny Tabard's hopes were dashed after taking a 7-0 lead as they were mauled 50-13 by mighty Northampton.
 
   1if an animal mauls someone, it injures them badly by tearing their flesh:   A mentally ill man was mauled after climbing into the lions’ enclosure at London Zoo.2to strongly criticize something, especially a new book, play etc:   Her latest book was absolutely mauled by the critics.3to touch someone in a rough sexual way which they think is unpleasant:   What makes you think you’ve got the right to maul me like that?4informal to defeat someone very easily – used especially in sports reports:   Stanford have looked quite good lately. They absolutely mauled Notre Dame last weekend.—mauling noun [singular]:   Brown got a mauling over the government’s failure to fulfil its promises.  |