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maul::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sledge, sledgehammer |
| Type of | hammer |
Examples of maul
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The forwards worked a maul but skipper Robbie Hammett was held up over the line.
From the middevonstar.co.uk
They win it, then carry the ball in the forwards in a rolling maul up the pitch.
From the guardian.co.uk
Surely in almost every maul the ball carrier is behind the rest of the forwards?
From the guardian.co.uk
They get a rolling maul going but it's pulled down by Wales and that's a penalty.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Yet this unashamedly macho retractable-roof monster won't maul the environment.
From the latimes.com
I can understand a dog biting or nipping, but to maul somebody until he's dead?
From the sfgate.com
Local rancher Wyatt Cline leaves Ace Hardware with a maul for splitting firewood.
From the sacbee.com
You have soldiering boots stuck between your teeth so you don't maul your tongue.
From the usatoday.com
Wood saw yellow for encroaching as Castres rolled a maul on the Northampton 22.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
- Split (wood) with a maul and wedges
- Injure badly by beating
- The Multi-shot Accessory Underbarrel Launcher, or MAUL, is a semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Metal Storm. A range of lethal: buckshot and slug, and non-lethal: blunt impact, door breaching, and frangible munitions come preloaded in 5 round "stacked projectiles" munition tubes. ...
- Maul is a comic book character from DC Comics/Wildstorm. Maul is a half human, half titanthrope (a subspecies of the Kherubim), biochemist from Earth. Some have argued that the Maul character is an imitation of the Hulk with reversed colors. ...
- (Mauls) A splitting maul (or mall) is a heavy, long-handled hammer used for splitting a piece of wood along its grain. One side of its head is like a sledgehammer, and the other side is like an axe. In some countries it is also called a block buster or block splitter.
- A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into it, or in combat; A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier; To handle ...
- (Mauls) Maul's happen when a ball carrier is surrounded by players from both teams or is tackled and the two team's battle for ball possession. ...
- (Mauls) splitting implements that have evolved from the simple 'wedge' design to more complex designs, some of which are mauls with a conical 'axehead' and compound mauls with swivelling 'sub-wedges', among other types; have a heavy wedge-shaped head, with a sledge-hammer face opposite.
