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
Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Photos shared by the fire department show the mangled tower draped across a dirt clearing behind a line of homes.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
There were literal piles of dead and mangled Russians around the smoldering hulks.
—David Axe, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Photos posted by the station showed the mangled radio tower after the crash.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
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The story is the same, as teenage neighbors are hunted in their dreams by a mangled man.
—Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Photos shared by the fire department show the mangled tower draped across a dirt clearing behind a line of homes.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
There were literal piles of dead and mangled Russians around the smoldering hulks.
—David Axe, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Photos posted by the station showed the mangled radio tower after the crash.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Mangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mangled. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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