bemaul

B3E1M3A1U1L1

verb

To maul thoroughly or completely.

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Meanings

verbbemaul (third-person singular simple present bemauls, present participle bemauling, simple past and past participle bemauled)

present singular third person bemauls · participle present bemauling · participle past bemauled · past bemauled

  1. transitiveTo maul thoroughly or completely.

    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.

    1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Mrs. Bullfrog”, in Mosses from an Old Manse

Origin

From be- + maul.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

bemaul. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemaul

MLA

“bemaul.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemaul. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bemaul,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bemaul.

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