transcription, транскрипция: [ mæŋg(ə)l ]
( mangles, mangling, mangled)
1.
If a physical object is mangled , it is crushed or twisted very forcefully, so that it is difficult to see what its original shape was.
His body was crushed and mangled beyond recognition.
...the mangled wreckage.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed , V-ed
2.
If you say that someone mangles words or information, you are criticizing them for not speaking or writing clearly or correctly.
They don’t know what they’re talking about and mangle scientific information.
VERB : V n [ disapproval ]