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Synonyms
man·gle1 (mănǵgəl)

[Middle English manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, frequentative of Old French mangoner, to cut to bitspossibly akin to mahaignier, to maim; see mayhem.]

transitive verb: -gled, -gling, -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.

derivatives

mańgler
noun
man·gle2 (mănǵgəl)

[Dutch mangel, from German, from Middle High German diminutive of mange, mangonel, from Late Latin manganum, catapult; see mangonel.]

noun 

  1. A machine for pressing fabrics by means of heated rollers.
  2. Chiefly British A clothes wringer.

transitive verb: -gled, -gling, -gles. 

To press with a mangle.