cast aspersions vs maul

cast aspersions

verb
  • To make damaging or spiteful remarks. 

maul

verb
  • To criticise harshly. 

  • To beat with a maul. 

  • To handle someone or something in a rough way. 

  • To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal). 

noun
  • A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat. 

  • A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier. 

How often have the words cast aspersions and maul occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )