| Front | maul |
|---|---|
| Back | heavy iron maul 重铁锤 maul /mɔːl $ mɒːl/ verb [transitive] 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. |
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