maul

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maul

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(môl)
n.

1. also mall (môl)
   1. A heavy, long-handled hammer used especially to drive stakes, piles, or wedges.
   2. A heavy hammer having a wedge-shaped head and used for splitting logs.
2. Sports.
   1. A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball carrier being tackled and attempts to gain possession of the ball when it is released.
   2. The mass of players during such a play.

tr.v., mauled, also malled, maul·ing, mall·ing, mauls, malls.

1. To injure by or as if by beating: The boxer mauled the other fighter. The critics mauled the novelist's first effort. See synonyms at batter¹.
2. To handle roughly: The package was mauled by the careless messenger.
3. To split (wood) with a maul and wedge.

[Middle English malle, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus.]

mauler maul'er n.

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verb

To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear: batter, knock about (or around), mangle¹, rough up. See attack/defend, help/harm/harmless, strike/miss.

v

Definition: mangle, abuse
Antonyms: guard, maintain, protect, take care

[Ar]

A type of massive, heavy, stone hammer used for battering rock surfaces.

IN BRIEF: To injure by being rough.

The grizzly bear will maul anyone in its path especially if it is injured.

Tutor's tip: Offended by my remark about her "mole," (a dark skin spot) the "moll" (gangster's girlfriend) threatened to "maul" (to beat or batter) me in the parking lot of the "mall" (shopping center).

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noun
noun

A hand; a fist. (1820 —) .
J. Rossiter You keep your big maulers off this (1973).

[Cf. earlier sense, one who mauls; also obs. slang mauley noun, hand, prob. from maul verb, but perh. connected with Shelta malya, said to be a transposition of Gaelic lamh hand.]

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For a list of words related to maul, see:

• Hammers - maul: sledgehammer for driving piles, sometimes with wooden head, sometimes with one ax edge for splitting wood
• Blades, Clubs, and Projectiles - maul: heavy club with metal-studded head
• Violent Actions - maul: beat up, injure

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See words rhyming with "maul."

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - maltraktere, slå fordærvet, hegle ned, kritisere sønder og sammen
n. - håndgemæng

Nederlands (Dutch)
toetakelen, sterke kritiek leveren, slaan, ruw behandelen, hamer

Français (French)
v. tr. - mutiler, abîmer, déchiqueter (un animal), malmener, tripoter (fam), (fig) démolir
n. - masse, maul (au rugby)

Deutsch (German)
v. - verreißen, böse zurichten
n. - schwerer Hammer

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μωλωπίζω, κακοποιώ, (μτφ.) ξετινάζω
n. - ξυλόσφυρο (κν. ματσόλα, βαριά)

Italiano (Italian)
battere, demolire (con una critica)

Português (Portuguese)
v. - criticar severamente, espancar
n. - malho (m)

Русский (Russian)
избивать, мучать, грубо обращаться, жестоко критиковать, колотушка, кувалда

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - maltratar, destrozar, herir
n. - mazo, marrón (martillo pesado)

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - klösa, misshandla, kritisera ihjäl, klyva
n. - (trä)hammare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
打伤, 粗暴对待, 虐打, 大槌

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 打傷, 粗暴對待, 虐打
n. - 大槌

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 생체기를 내다, 비평하다, 함부로 다루다
n. - 큰 몽둥이, 메

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大木槌, 騒々しいけんか, モール
v. - 裂傷を負わせる, 打ちつぶす, 乱暴に扱う, 打ち割る, 酷評する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشوه, يبهدل (الاسم) مطرقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פצע, מחץ, קרע הבשר, קטל קשות, נהג בגסות‬
n. - ‮קטטה, מקבת‬

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