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| man·gle [ máng g'l ] (past and past participle man·gled, present participle man·gling, 3rd person present singular man·gles) |
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1. destroy somebody or something by crushing: to mutilate or disfigure somebody or something by violent tearing, cutting, or crushing
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2. ruin something: to spoil or ruin something through carelessness or ineptitude
 a reading that mangled the rhythm of the poem
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| [14th century. < Anglo-Norman mahangler] |
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| man·gler noun |
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