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man·gle1
 mangle1
- pronunciation:
- maeng
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
mangled, mangles, mangling |
| definition 1: |
to damage severely or mutilate by cutting, crushing, or tearing apart.
He mangled his hand in the machine.- synonyms:
- mutilate
- similar words:
- crush, damage, disfigure, lacerate, rend, shred
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| definition 2: |
to ruin or deform as though by mangling.
The reporter mangled the facts beyond recognition.- synonyms:
- garble, hack, hash
- similar words:
- confuse, distort, jumble, muddy, mutilate
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| related words: |
break, bungle, cripple, destroy, injure, maim, murder, savage, slash, tear, worry, wrench |
| derivation: |
mangler (n.) |
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