Thesaurus: maul

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1. n. A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.
2. v. t. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
3. v. t. To injure greatly; to do much harm to.
4. n. a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
5. v. split (wood) with a maul and wedges
6. v. injure badly by beating
7. A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.] 1. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner. Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and maul. Pope. 2. To injure greatly; to do much harm to. It mauls not only the person misrepreseted, but him also to whom he is misrepresented. South.
8. A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.]
9. n:18/v:82 n. a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges v. split (wood) with a maul and wedges v. injure badly by beating