Antonyms for maul

Grammar : Verb

Spell : mawl

Phonetic Transcription : mɔl

Definition of maul

Origin : mid-13c., meallen "strike with a heavy weapon," from Middle English mealle (mid-13c.) "mace, wooden club, heavy hammer" (see maul (n.). The meaning "damage seriously, mangle" is first recorded 1690s. Related: Mauled; mauling.

verb mangle, abuse

Example sentences :

Would you have had the courage to swing the maul for the first blow if you had seen that bulkhead?
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

A smart rap on the head with the maul and he came into the dory quietly.
Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams

I met him with a maul, and parried his blow, or I should have then lost my life.
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

It was at last young Maul's time to speak and he arose, slightly nervous.
Extract from : « The Hindered Hand » by Sutton E. Griggs

By gracious, I feel that if some one would plow for me I'd let him maul me until he got tired.
Extract from : « The Jucklins » by Opie Read

And, so saying, I picked up the maul and walked out of the building.
Extract from : « A Middy in Command » by Harry Collingwood

Do you think the first tiger I see will get into my howdah and maul me?
Extract from : « Gil the Gunner » by George Manville Fenn

Maul him, and send him back to Stanley Junction as a lesson to the others.
Extract from : « Ralph on the Engine » by Allen Chapman

Is it because he's twice as small As you, just right for you to maul?
Extract from : « Bib Ballads » by Ring W. Lardner

She'd have had Maul's life, perhaps, before we were out of the Channel.'
Extract from : « The Last Entry » by William Clark Russell

Synonyms for maul

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