Bemaul

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To maul thoroughly or completely. transitive

    "And yet, bemauled as the poor fellow had been, he seemed to glance at me with an eye of pity, as if my case were more deplorable than his."

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"And yet, bemauled as the poor fellow had been, he seemed to glance at me with an eye of pity, as if my case were more deplorable than his."

Etymology

From be- + maul.

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