1. (

• mangle ,

) press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets" ;

2. (

• maul ,
• mangle ,

) injure badly by beating ;

3. (

• mangle ,
• mutilate ,
• murder

) alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" ;

4. (

• mutilate ,
• mangle ,
• cut_up ,

) destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work" ;