Choose the word which best fills the blank from the four options given.
The men drilled and _______ the stone into smaller bits so that they could be carted away in trucks.

mauled

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hacked

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whittle

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hewed

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Solution

The correct option is C hewed
Mauled means- to beat roughly;
Hacked means - to cut with rough or heavy blows;
Whittle means - to carve into an object by cutting small slices/parts;
Hewed means - to sever from the whole using a cutting blow;
Since the stone is being broken into small parts/pieces, the right option is hewed.

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