Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Maul
Maul verb - To abuse physically.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In the sequel, he has a standard "Ecstasy" meter which, when filled up, lets him attack crazy-fast as well the slot-based Limit Break which goes from things like letting him unleash Sword Beams to turning into a tiger and just straight-up maul the mooks trying to get the hell away from you.
Source: Limit Break / Video Games - If you don't break free, it will maul you.
Source: Demonic Spiders / Hack and Slash -
The order is reversed in Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, where after meeting the cute (if creepy) little girl, you meet her mother, a savage purebred Deep One locked in the attic, who proceeds to break out, maul you, and then kill the little girl.
Source: Monster Is a Mommy
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