mangle

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mangle[1,transitive verb] mangle[2,noun] mangle[3,transitive verb]

Main Entry: ¹man·gle
Pronunciation: 'ma[ng]-g&l
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): man·gled; man·gling /-g(&-)li[ng]/
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French mangler, mahangler, perhaps from mahaigner to maim -- more at MAYHEM
1 : to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing <people...mangled by sharks -- V. G. Heiser>
2 : to spoil, injure, or make incoherent especially through ineptitude <a story mangled beyond recognition>
synonym see MAIM
- man·gler /-g(&-)l&r/ noun