mangle
verb (used with object)
to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing.
Example Sentences
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Nearly a century after the crash of the Hindenburg airship, the images of towering flames and mangled metal haven’t lost their power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Viktoria Haidai surveys the mangled remains of the printing press, which should have been busy churning out textbooks ready for the new school year.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Whether artificial intelligence created the mangled pages remains unanswered.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
I feel better than I have in weeks, even with my mangled back.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
