The meaning of MAUL is 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 …

MAULED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of maul 2. If an animal mauls someone, it attacks that person…. Learn more.

MAULED definition: harshly treated. See examples of mauled used in a sentence.

1. a heavy hammer often with a wooden head used esp. for driving stakes or wedges. 2. to use roughly; manhandle.

She was mauled [= groped] by some drunk as she left the bar. The movie received a mauling from critics.

Definition of maul verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. maul somebody (of an animal) to attack and injure somebody by tearing their body synonym savage. maul …

If someone is mauled, they are attacked aggressively, and often harmed in some way.

maul /mɔl/ n. mauled, maul•ing. [countable] Building a heavy hammer used esp. for driving stakes or wedges. v. [~ + object] to handle or use roughly: The gang was mauling her in the parking …

The term 'mauled' refers to a brutal or savage attack, often associated with an animal attacking its prey. It can also be used to describe a situation where someone is seriously injured or harmed …

'Mauled' means to wound by scratching and tearing or to handle roughly or clumsily. It is often used in the context of animal attacks or to describe rough handling of objects.