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be mauled
noun
A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into it, or in combat.
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Clearly they're going to be mauled by a lycanthrope.
The major problem for the latter will be their bowlers, who may continue to be mauled.
Facing a barrage of stones, the protesters fled to a neighbouring square, only to be mauled by a mob wielding knives, clubs and chairs.
He, not the governor, is the one who will be mauled by New Yorkers for the municipal layoffs and service reductions that lie ahead.
A normal person looks at ♠§dg and sees gibberish, but the Dwarf Fortress initiate sees a tense tableau: a dog leashed to a tree, about to be mauled by a goblin.
But that applies equally to most professional equity-fund managers, who also fail on average to beat the market index.Day traders may be mauled if today's high share prices prove to be a stockmarket bubble (see article).
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But he was mauled.
In 2004, a worker was mauled by a tiger.
Since then, these achievements have been mauled by conservative revisionists.
The cinematographer was scalped, and your former husband was mauled.
Later Roy or Siegfried was mauled by a white tiger.
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