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mangle1
 
SYLLABICATION:man·gle
PRONUNCIATION:  mnggl
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: man·gled, man·gling, man·gles
1. To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing. See synonyms at batter1. 2. To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance: mangle a speech.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, frequentative of Old French mangoner, to cut to bits; akin to possibly akin to mahaignier, to maim. See mayhem.
OTHER FORMS:mangler —NOUN
 
 
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