maul
verb- maul somebody
(of an animal 动物 to attack and injure somebody by tearing their body 袭击；撕咬 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- brutally
- severely
- …
- maul somebody/something
to touch somebody/something in an unpleasant and/or violent way 粗手粗脚地摆弄；粗暴地对待 She was mauled by guards at the border. 她在边境被卫兵打伤了。
- maul something/somebody
to criticize something/somebody severely and publicly 狠狠地批评；猛烈抨击 - maul somebody (informal)
to defeat somebody easily 轻易击败 synonym thrash (3)
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘hammer or wooden club’, also ‘strike with a heavy weapon’): from Old French mail, from Latin malleus ‘hammer’.