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.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

unmauled adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of mauled¹

maul ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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In April, a man was mauled to death while walking in a forest in Central Slovakia.

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He used to present as a staid mainline Episcopalian, but now he denounces that church and speaks of being "mauled by demons."

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In it, the sheriff dropped a bombshell: “Miller was mauled to death after a black bear entered her home,” the paper reported.

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An opening montage includes a bloodied sheep ostensibly mauled by an ochi.

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Matthew, as his own son Trev would later reflect, had always “felt mauled by Aldous and burdened by his massive family legacy,” as he said in a video interview in December, 2023.

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Mauldin maulers

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