mangle
verb (used with object)
to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing.
Example Sentences
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For 25 years, the only physical trace Juliette Scauso had from the last day of her father's life was his mangled firefighter helmet.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Pruned flowerbeds stand in front of gutted and mangled apartment blocks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Whether artificial intelligence created the mangled pages remains unanswered.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The eerie ambient music that drives “Obsession” — so artfully serrated and delicately mangled by Burwell — emerged from a counterintuitive creative nuance that AI could never capture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He tugged his hood, setting his mangled face further in shadow.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
