MAUL Synonyms: 162 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

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as in to abuse

to abuse physically demonstrators who claimed that they had been mauled by the police

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as in to lick

to strike repeatedly the irate store owner was mauling the shoplifter when the police showed up

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Recent Examples of maul

Verb

An Arizona mother of two was mauled to death by three dogs in a horrific attack while protecting her son outside her mother’s Southern California home. —

Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 4 Mar. 2026 The 2000s brought Nick Jans’ The Grizzly Maze, which painted a layered, nuanced portrait of Timothy Treadwell, a man who lived alongside coastal brown bears in Katmai Alaska for thirteen summers before being mauled by a bear in 2003. —

Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026

Noun

John Franklin-Myers mauls RT Rosengarten and gets sack, knocking Baltimore out of FG position. —

Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024 Cama’s 7-point try box came in the 74th minute and was a result of the Legion muscling their way to a series of successful scrums, mauls and rucks before Cama punched it over inside the 5-meter line area. —

Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for maul

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Prosecutors argue that Duckett was a monster in disguise who abused the badge and brutally raped and killed Teresa before dumping her body in a lake.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
The officer laughed and explained that someone had called in a report about a canine possibly being abused or in need of emergency veterinary care due to the noise.

— Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026