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maul

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4 lettersPronunciation /mɔːl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted almuStarts with MEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. injure badly by beating

Word origin

From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.

Used in a sentence

  • The bear mauled him in a terrible way.
  • The embattled heavy cruiser is not in immediate danger of sinking, but is being badly mauled.
  • A tiger handler who had acquired some of his tigers from the zoo owner known as Joe Exotic was fatally mauled on Saturday by a tiger at his family-run zoo in southeastern Oklahoma, the authorities said.

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