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mangle (1)

man·gle [ máng g'l ] (past and past participle man·gled, present participle man·gling, 3rd person present singular man·gles)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. destroy somebody or something by crushing: to mutilate or disfigure somebody or something by violent tearing, cutting, or crushing

2. ruin something: to spoil or ruin something through carelessness or ineptitude
a reading that mangled the rhythm of the poem

[14th century. < Anglo-Norman mahangler]

man·gler noun
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