mangle
verb (used with object)
to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing.
Example Sentences
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Along the roads around Izyum burnt-out shells of petrol stations have become part of the landscape, heaps of mangled, charred metal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The team broke through concrete and mangled reinforcing rods to reach him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Its mangled wreckage was recovered in 2001 with the craft handed to Coniston's Ruskin Museum two years ago following the settlement of an ownership row with Bill Smith, the engineer who led its rebuild.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Such gaps are not abstract — they represent real human lives that are lost or mangled.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
Leonard placed the silken bundle on the bed, next to the mangled hat and the mandolin.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
