as in mutilated
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as in fumbled
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
you've mangled this so badly that we'll have to do it over
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Recent Examples of mangled
Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
Shards of debris scattered across the car lot and wrapped around the mangled trees.
—Adrian Sainz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The family is pretty much a mangled bunch — but that’s what drew me to it!
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Just as the reports and images of atrocities committed against innocent Israelis horrifies me, the images of dead, mangled, and psychologically traumatized children haunt me as a mother and grandmother.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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The building that housed the daycare was now a mangled, catastrophic mess.
—Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
Shards of debris scattered across the car lot and wrapped around the mangled trees.
—Adrian Sainz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The family is pretty much a mangled bunch — but that’s what drew me to it!
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Just as the reports and images of atrocities committed against innocent Israelis horrifies me, the images of dead, mangled, and psychologically traumatized children haunt me as a mother and grandmother.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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And then in Joker 2, some people complained that the movie was ruined by the images on the screen and the sounds that accompanied them.—
Lexy Perez,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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Believing their beloved team already ruined mock drafting for the next two months, New York Giants fans probably hope for a loss against a Philadelphia Eagles team expected to rest starters Sunday.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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He’s murdered, essentially, and the Innies have run amok.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
23 Mar. 2025
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In the 1970s, dark-haired, slender, and possessing considerable charm, this lethal Romeo wooed, won, and then murdered four women.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Mangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mangled. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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