mangleverb
uk/ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/us/ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/[ T often passive ] to destroy something by twisting it with force or tearing it into pieces so that its original form is completely changed:
My sweater got mangled in the washing machine.
His arm was mangled in the machine.
[ T ] If you mangle a speech or a piece of written work, you make so many mistakes that you completely spoil it:
As he read the poem out loud, he mangled the rhythm so badly that it hardly made any sense.
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Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- fall in
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave sth in
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- teardown
- wipe
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Damaging and spoiling
mangled
adjective uk/ˈmæŋ.ɡəld/us/ˈmæŋ.ɡəld/
All that remains of yesterday's car crash is a pile of mangled metal.
manglenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/us/ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/also wringera machine used for pressing water out of clothes by putting the clothes between two heavy, smooth, round bars
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Cleaning clothes
- cleaner
- clothes brush
- clothes horse
- clothes peg
- clothesline
- conditioner
- dryer
- iron
- iron box
- ironing
- ironing board
- launder
- launderette
- tumble dryer
- valet service
- wash
- washer
- washer-dryer
- washing
- white
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