mangle
verb (used with object)
to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing.
mangles
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pluralof mangle.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From there, activists could demand almost whatever they want: action on climate change, an end to mass surveillance and ICE raids, or an equitable health system that heals instead of mangles.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
In the first three months, 86 SigAlerts were issued, only 36 of them for traffic mangles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
If he mangles the facts or ignores them altogether, which he does often, Seales said there are other news sites and sources where viewers can fact-check him.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
Mr. Biden sometimes mangles his words and looks older than he used to because of his stiff gait and thinning voice.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
Why, first he mangles a Paragraph which he quotes from my Apology for my own Life, Chap.
From A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope by Colley Cibber
