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  1.                 From WordNet dictionary, version 3.0:
                    

    mangle n. 1. clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers v. 1. press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets" 2. injure badly by beating Synonyms: maul 3. alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" Synonyms: mutilate, murder 4. destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work" Synonyms: mutilate, cut up