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mangle 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: mangler, from Old French maynier; MAIM]
to damage or injure something badly by crushing or twisting it
::The trap closed round her leg, badly mangling her ankle.
to spoil something such as a speech or piece of music, by saying or playing it badly
::The orchestra had mangled Bach's music.
-- mangled adj [only before noun]
::the mangled remains of the aircraft