MANGLES Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

mangles

verb

present tense third-person singular of mangle

as in fumbles

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way you've mangled this so badly that we'll have to do it over

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Recent Examples of mangles Grief mangles cognition and memory in ways that can make even banal tasks feel surreal, if not impossible. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

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Warriors fumbles the ball away at their 47-yard line on kick return.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Sims catches a hitch and turns up field but fumbles the ball while switching hands.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of fumbles

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But first, the premiere settles the audience into a tried and true cop drama with power struggles over jurisdiction, a local militia led by a man with his own agenda, and a suspect who literally blows the case wide open.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The next chance of showers and storms arrives Thursday and lingers through the end of the workweek as much muggier-feeling weather blows back into Maryland.

— Cutter Martin, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of blows

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Then the candidate, unfamiliar with some far-away region of the world, botches it.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
But there’s nothing shocking or subversive about this movie, which plays like proficient, forgettable straight-to-streaming fare for the first ninety minutes and then botches its big, bloody finale.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 May 2026

Definition of botches

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T cells, a type of immune cell that detects and destroys infected or abnormal cells, normally perform this inspection.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
The white dwarf emits radiation and produces a giant gas bubble—the lion’s face—that destroys dust in its path.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

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