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mangle

n. clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers

maul

v. injure badly by beating

press with a mangle

v. press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"

mutilate, cut up, disfigure

v. destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"

murder, mutilate

v. press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"

maim, wound seriously, injure seriously

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

claw

v. scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails

lacerate, cut irregularly, tear irregularly

v. cut or tear irregularly

lame, cripple

v. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"

break, damage

v. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

buffet, batter, knock against, knock about

v. strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"

biff, pommel, pummel

v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

rough up, treat violently

v. treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect"

beat, hit repeatedly

v. hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"

take apart, dismember

v. divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

cut off, amputate

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

disjoin, disjoint, become disjoint

v. become separated, disconnected or disjoint

maim, wound seriously, injure seriously

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

cut short, truncate

v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

deform, change form, change shape

v. assume a different shape or form

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

cripple

v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

gnarl

v. twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

maim, wound seriously, injure seriously

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

disjoin, disjoint, become disjoint

v. become separated, disconnected or disjoint

take apart, dismember

v. divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

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