Definition of "mauling" []

• An instance of something being mauled. (noun)
• Present participle of maul. (verb)

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• "You'll avoid the mauling from the bear, and you'll avoid the mauling that the. 454C or .475L will give you."
• "Australia's scrum took a mauling from the Welsh but will be doing everything in his power to be there against England."
• "She tells the AP the mauling was a terrible shock."