Meaning & use
mangle
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To severely damage, crush, or disfigure something, or to spoil something, such as words or a performance, through poor handling.
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The car's front end was mangled in the collision.
He mangled the pronunciation of her name during the introduction.
A note on using this word
Used both literally, for physical damage, and figuratively, for badly bungled attempts such as mispronunciations or translations.
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