mangle

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

I. man·gle¹ (măngʹgəl)tr.v. man·gled, man·gling, man·gles
1. To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing. See Synonyms at batter¹.
2. To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance:
mangle a speech. [Middle English manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, frequentative of Old French mangoner, to cut to bits possibly akin to mahaignier, to maim. See mayhem.] manʹgler n. II. man·gle² (măngʹgəl)n.
1. A machine for pressing fabrics by means of heated rollers.
2. Chiefly British. A clothes wringer.tr.v. man·gled, man·gling, man·gles
To press with a mangle. [Dutch mangel, from German, from Middle High German, diminutive of mange, mangonel, from Late Latin manganum, catapult. See mangonel.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  mutilate, cut up, murder, maul