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
Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Jeske set the brick down on a table, amid several other mangled bricks.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
Sport fishing has more than its share of wild stories, but there is nothing exaggerated about a growing plague of mangled fish being reeled in along the nation’s southern coastline, researchers say.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
While the guests remain oblivious to the horrors Harry is experiencing off the boat, Captain Jason safely rescues Harry as producers scramble to find a way to stop Harry's mangled thumb from bleeding profusely.
—Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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Images showed an uprooted tree smashed into a mobile home while mangled debris littered the streets.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Jeske set the brick down on a table, amid several other mangled bricks.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
Sport fishing has more than its share of wild stories, but there is nothing exaggerated about a growing plague of mangled fish being reeled in along the nation’s southern coastline, researchers say.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
While the guests remain oblivious to the horrors Harry is experiencing off the boat, Captain Jason safely rescues Harry as producers scramble to find a way to stop Harry's mangled thumb from bleeding profusely.
—Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Mangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mangled. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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