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mangle

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aeglmnStarts with MEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. damage or injure severely

Word origin

From Middle English mangelen, manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner (“to cut to pieces”) or mahaigner (“to mutilate”), of Germanic origin, for which see mayhem.

Used in a sentence

  • mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail
  • c. 1703-20, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage when they are disposed to mangle a play or a novel
  • There was a bright-red plastic baby-bath, a car tyre, a rusty mangle, and something that looked like a primitive version of a washing machine.

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