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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mangle, abuse |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bludgeon, break face, buffet, claw, clean, drub, flagellate, flail, handle roughly, hit, hurt, ill-treat, knock about, knock around, lacerate, lash, lean on, let have it, maltreat, molest, mug, muscle, paste, paw, pelt, pound, pummel, put in the hospital, rough up, skin, take care of, thrash, trample, wax, whip, work over |
| Antonyms: | guard, maintain, protect, take care |
| Main Entry: | batter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike and damage |
| Synonyms: | assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, contuse, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure by striking |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- Beil has been known to use razor-clawed insults to maul government officials who anger him.
- Ubiquitous coyotes will attack children and maul even pit-bull terriers when hungry enough.
- They look cute, except for the part where they maul me and put big slobbery pools of drool all over me.
| Main Entry: | claw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | using sharp nail |
| Synonyms: | break, dig, graze, hurt, itch, lacerate, mangle, maul, open, rip, scrabble, scrap, scrape, scratch, tear |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit with heavy blow |
| Synonyms: | batter, beat, butt, dash, dig, hammer, jackhammer, knock, maul, plunge, pop, punch, ram, run, shoot, sink, smite, sock, stab, stick, strike, throw, thrust, thump, twack, whack, wham |
| Main Entry: | feel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch, stroke |
| Synonyms: | apperceive, caress, clasp, clutch, explore, finger, fondle, frisk, fumble, grapple, grasp, grip, grope, handle, manipulate, maul, palm, palpate, paw, perceive, pinch, ply, poke, press, run hands over, sense, squeeze, test, thumb, tickle, try, twiddle, wield |
| Main Entry: | fertilizer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dressing to aid production of crops |
| Synonyms: | buffalo chips, compost, cow chips, dung, guano, humus, manure, maul, mulch, peat moss, plant food, potash, top dressing |
| Main Entry: | finger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lightly |
| Synonyms: | feel, fiddle, grope, handle, manipulate, maul, meddle, palpate, paw, play with, thumb, toy with |
| Antonyms: | manhandle |
| Main Entry: | handle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch |
| Synonyms: | check, examine, feel, finger*, fondle, grasp, hold, manipulate, maul, palpate, paw, pick up, poke, test, thumb, try |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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