A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

MAUL

Thu, 18 Jul '24
Badly rough up
Thu, 30 May '24
Badly rough up
Tue, 6 Feb '24
Viciously attack
Sun, 27 Aug '23
Rough up
Sun, 19 Mar '23
Long-handled hammer
Wed, 16 Feb '22
Rough up
Mon, 14 Feb '22
Handle roughly