Synonyms of mauled

mauled

verb

past tense of maul

1

as in abused

to abuse physically

demonstrators who claimed that they had been mauled by the police

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abused
• attacked
• manhandled
• ambushed
• injured
• tortured
• maltreated
• mishandled
• wounded
• beat
• battered
• hurt
• slapped
• roughed (up)
• pummeled
• licked
• mistreated
• wrestled
• thrashed
• knocked
• harmed
• fought
• persecuted
• buffeted
• bashed
• misused
• pounded
• hit
• ill-treated
• lambasted
• clobbered
• assailed
• wronged
• oppressed
• jumped
• tormented
• drubbed
• ill-used
• roughhoused
• pommeled
• ganged up (on)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• caressed
• petted
• fondled
• pampered
• coddled
• fostered
• nurtured
• cared (for)
• mollycoddled

2

as in licked

to strike repeatedly

the irate store owner was mauling the shoplifter when the police showed up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licked
• pounded
• lashed
• attacked
• battered
• whipped
• pelted
• assaulted
• knocked
• slapped
• beat
• thumped
• punched
• hit
• smashed
• spanked
• slammed
• pummeled
• did
• bludgeoned
• batted
• bashed
• thrashed
• clubbed
• hided
• chopped
• buffeted
• hammered
• smacked
• flogged
• walloped
• wounded
• whacked
• paddled
• slated
• tanned
• punched out
• raided
• lathered
• lambasted
• curried
• belted
• boxed
• worked over
• drubbed
• switched
• swiped
• threshed
• tromped
• basted
• belabored
• laced
• stormed
• whupped
• whaled
• slogged
• birched
• roughed (up)
• fibbed
• whopped
• rushed
• swatted
• messed (up)
• clobbered
• pommeled
• bunged up
• cracked
• pasted
• assailed
• strapped
• cuffed
• socked
• beat up on
• descended (on or upon)
• laid on
• beset
• scourged
• jumped (on)
• gored
• mutilated
• busted
• caned
• thwacked
• lacerated
• clouted
• horsewhipped
• mangled
• maimed
• pounced (on or upon)
• whammed
• whomped
• flagellated
• lammed
• pistol-whipped
• cudgeled
• leathered
• blackjacked
• cowhided
• fustigated
• rawhided

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mauled

Chris Brown was found liable by a Los Angeles jury on Tuesday for $13 million in the gruesome case of a dog that mauled and disfigured his housekeeper at his home in 2020. — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 July 2026

Florida officials have identified the woman who died after she was mauled by an alligator while swimming in a river with her boyfriend and best friend over the weekend, and 911 calls detail the desperate attempt to save her life. — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Back in the ring, Oba mauled Jey as the Kingdom Arena began rumbling again. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

The singer, 37, was set to take the stand in the case brought against him by his housekeeper, who alleged one of Brown's dogs mauled her sister in 2020. — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 16 June 2026

Beaches in Sydney's eastern suburbs reopened on Monday despite Stewart having been mauled by a great white shark just two days ago, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026

New details have emerged about past allegations involving a Florida woman's dogs that police say mauled a neighbor to death. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026

Australia’s other fatal shark attack this year occurred in January, when a 12-year-old boy died in a hospital days after he was mauled by a bull shark in Sydney Harbor. — ABC News, 13 June 2026

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and the Linn County Attorney’s Office have filed a 2nd degree murder charge against a 47-year-old man whose vicious dogs allegedly mauled his 13-year-old neighbor to death days before Christmas. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026