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1. Having edges that are jagged from injury
   "The evidence indicates that national security is mangled by special interests";
   - lacerate, lacerated, torn

1. Press with a mangle
   "mangle the sheets"
    
2. Injure badly by beating
   - maul
    
3. Alter so as to make unrecognizable
   "The tourists mangled the French language";
   - mutilate, murder
    
4. Damage or injure severely
   "The madman mangles art work";
   - mutilate, cut up

See also: injured

Type of: blemish, damage, deface, disfigure, distort, falsify, garble, iron, iron out, press, warp

Encyclopedia: Mangle