1. heavy hammers used for driving stakes or splitting wood
Usage: plural

1. attacks and injures someone by scratching and tearing
Usage: third person singular present
2. handles someone or something in a rough or careless way
Usage: third person singular present

Examples

• The bear mauls anyone who gets too close to its cubs.
• The dog mauls the toy until it falls apart.
• He mauls the clay while trying to shape it.
• She mauls the book pages by folding them carelessly.
• The workers use heavy mauls to drive the fence posts into the ground.
• The carpenter keeps several mauls in his toolshed.
• They split the logs with mauls and wedges.