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maul
verb as in mangle, abuse
Strong matches
Example Sentences
The dodgy witness is getting away with it until the wily lawyer mauls their evidence in the witness box, thanks to long nights preparing for just that moment.
Romy is so caught up in her business that she’s nearly attacked by a dog on the street until a handsome stranger gives a whistle and stops the mauling moments before disaster.
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".
In the May 31 attack, the employee’s leg “was badly mauled, requiring hospitalization,” Cal/OSHA said.
Serin was sin-binned for cynically slowing a Warriors attack down and, from the resulting penalty, Glasgow were awarded a penalty try when an ominous rolling maul was hauled to ground.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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