maul

1. To handle someone or something in a rough way.

   rücksichtslos anfassen, misshandeln

   терза́тьterzátʹ, истяза́тьistjazátʹ, му́читьmúčitʹ

2. (usually)To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.

   The bear mauled him in a terrible way.

   zerfleischen, übel zurichten

   кале́читьkaléčitʹ, покале́читьpokaléčitʹ, искале́читьiskaléčitʹ

3. (figuratively)To criticise harshly.

   The latest film by the Cohen brothers was mauled by the press, and was a box-office flop to boot.

   anmotzen

4. (transitive)To beat with a maul.

   split (wood) with a maul and wedges

5. (slang)To play rough, to fondle intensively.

1. Tom was mauled by a bear.

   deTom ist von einem Bären angefallen worden. — Luiaard

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2. Tom got mauled by a bear.

   ruТома задрал медведь. — odexed

   deTom wurde von einem Bären zerfleischt. — Waldelfe

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3. Tom was mauled to death by a bear.

   ruТома загрыз медведь. — Wezel

   deTom ist von einem Bären zerfleischt worden. — Manfredo

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4. Tom's dog mauled the cat that came into our yard.

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5. Tom was mauled by a dog when he was a kid.

   deTom wurde als Kind von einem Hund angefallen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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