Usually means: Violent attack by an animal.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word mauling:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. mauling: Merriam-Webster
  2. mauling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. mauling: Vocabulary.com
  4. Mauling, mauling: Wordnik
  5. mauling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. mauling: Wiktionary
  7. Mauling, mauling: Dictionary.com
  8. mauling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Mauling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. mauling: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Mauling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. mauling: FreeDictionary.org
  13. mauling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mauling: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mauling: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  An instance of something being mauled.

Similar:
sledge, sledgehammer, mangle, maulee, muzzling, manquelling, mushing, manducation, morsitation, mewing, more...

Opposite:
caressing, petting, stroking, soothing

Types:
savaging, lacerating, gashing, mangling, mutilating, tearing, more...

Adjectives:
severe, terrible, worse, good, savage, thorough, terrific, much, critical, serious, verbal



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Similar:
sledge, sledgehammer, mangle, maulee, muzzling, manquelling, mushing, manducation, morsitation, mewing, more...

Opposite:
caressing, petting, stroking, soothing

Types:
savaging, lacerating, gashing, mangling, mutilating, tearing, more...

Adjectives:
severe, terrible, worse, good, savage, thorough, terrific, much, critical, serious, verbal



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