maul

maul  (môl) n. 1. also mall (môl) a. A heavy, long-handled hammer used especially to drive stakes, piles, or wedges. b. A heavy hammer having a wedge-shaped head and used for splitting logs. 2. Sports a. 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. b. The mass of players during such a play. tr.v. mauled also malled, maul·ing also mall·ing, mauls also 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; see mel- in Indo-European roots.] mauler n.

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maul

Verb

1. to tear with the claws: she was badly mauled by a lion

2. to criticize a play, performance, etc., severely: the film was mauled by the critics

3. to handle roughly or clumsily

Noun

Rugby a loose scrum [Latin malleus hammer]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	maul - a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges sledgehammer, sledge hammer - a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
Verb	1.	maul - split (wood) with a maul and wedges cleave, rive, split - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
	2.	maul - injure badly by beating mangle blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

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maul

verb 1. mangle, claw, lacerate, tear, mangulate Austral. (slang)

verb 2. ill-treat, beat, abuse, batter, thrash, beat up (informal) molest, work over (slang) pummel, manhandle, rough up, handle roughly, knock about or around, beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)

Translations

maul [mɔːl] vt → magullar

maul [mɔːl] vt → lacérer

maul [mɔːl] vt → (anfallen und) übel zurichten

maul [mɔːl] vt → lacerare

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maul

v maul [moːl]

(especially of an animal) to injure (a person or animal) usually badly He was badly mauled by an angry lion.mokerيَنْهَش، يَجْرَح، يَشْلَخранявамzle zříditmishandleübel zurichtenκαταξεσκίζωherir, magullar(puruks) kiskumaصدمه دیدنraadellalacérerלְשַׁסֵעक्षतविक्षत करनाizbiti, izmlatiti(szét)marcangolmenganiaya, menyakitimisþyrmastraziareひどく傷つける중상을 입히다sumaitoti, sužaloti[]plosīt; []kropļotmelukaitoetakelenskamfere, mishandlepokaleczyćferira schi­lodiтерзать, калечитьdoriadiťzmrcvarititeško povreditiilla tilltyga, mörbulta(สัตว์) กัดฉีกyaralamak傷害, 打傷бити; калічитиبری طرح سے زخمی کرناđối xử thô bạo打伤