1. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
   "He used a maul to split the logs for firewood";
   - sledge, sledgehammer

1. Injure badly by beating
   "The bear mauled the hiker";
   - mangle
    
2. Split (wood) with a maul and wedges
   "He mauled the log to create firewood"

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Derived forms: mauling, mauls, mauled

Type of: blemish, cleave, deface, disfigure, hammer, rive [archaic], split

Encyclopedia: Maul, Michael