bemaul

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ maul.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To maul thoroughly or completely.
   • 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Mrs. Bullfrog”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:

     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.