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maul

/ maul /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

Type of:

hammer

Derived:

sledgehammer sledge

verb Sense 2

injure badly by beating

Type of:

deface disfigure blemish

Derived:

mutilator maimer mangler mauler

Entails:

mutilate mar injure

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

Somebody ----s on something

verb Sense 3

split (wood) with a maul and wedges

Type of:

cleave split rive

Derived:

sledge sledgehammer

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

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