mangled, mangling to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing. The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine. to spoil or ruin; mar badly. The story was mangled by a clumsy translation. Synonyms: destroy , deface
Definition of mangled adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
These verbs mean to cause severe injury or damage: machinery that mangled the worker's fingers; a construction worker maimed in an accident; a hiker mauled by a hungry bear; soldiers mutilated by shrapnel.
Something that's mangled is damaged or even ruined from being crushed, torn, or sliced. Your recycling bin will be full of mangled soda cans if you stomp on them with your work boots before tossing them in.
man•gle1 (mang′ gəl), v.t., -gled, -gling. to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine. to spoil; ruin; mar badly: to mangle a text by careless typesetting.
On $2 dog night at Williams Arena, the male students mangled and mashed down the majority of 16 hot dogs (four apiece) in a sprint race, while the U players managed to make only nine of 30 shots in the opening 20-minute slog.
These verbs mean to cause severe injury or damage: machinery that mangled the worker's fingers; a construction worker maimed in an accident; a hiker mauled by a hungry bear; soldiers mutilated by shrapnel.