: a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges
also
: a tool like a sledgehammer with one wedge-shaped end that is used to split wood
mauled; mauling; mauls
mauler
noun
Examples of maul in a Sentence
Verb
A bear killed one hiker and badly mauled the other.
demonstrators who claimed that they had been mauled by the police
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Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Minutes later, Hanover scored back-to-back tries with near identical mauls down the sideline.
—Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
After being struck from behind, he was dragged to the ground and mauled him, with other lions joined in, per Khaosod English.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The half ended with the Free Jacks once again putting the Sabercats under pressure, trying to force their way over the tryline through a rolling maul, and twice failing to score.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Minutes later, Hanover scored back-to-back tries with near identical mauls down the sideline.
—Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
Verb
The swift guilty verdict for Arne Cheyenne Johnson, whose girlfriend had recently been mauled by his victim, speaks to the court and the public’s reaction to that wild legal strategy.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
After being struck from behind, he was dragged to the ground and mauled him, with other lions joined in, per Khaosod English.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Maul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maul. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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maul
1 of 2 noun
: a heavy hammer often with a wooden head used especially for driving wedges or posts
maul
2 of 2 verb
mauler
noun
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