- maul
- n '1. sledge hammer, sledge; mace, club, cudgel, bludgeon, Inf. billy or billy club, mallet.v2. manhandle, rough up, bully, bullyrag, Sl. knock around or about, Sl. give one the works; batter, beat, beat up, pound, lay on, pommel, pummel, thrash, trounce, pelt, Inf. whale, Sl. clobber, Archaic. belabor; hit, strike, smite, slap, smack, cuff, buffet, Inf. slug, Inf. whack, Inf. wallop, Sl. belt; club, flog, drub, cudgel, fustigate, baste, bludgeon, hammer, sledge hammer; mistreat, maltreat, ill-treat, abuse, ill-use, mishandle, Sl. kick around.3. injure, hurt, pain, harm, bruise, wound, damage, impair.4.All U.S. ax, split, chop, cut.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.