mangle — OAT · Shobdo

mangle

verb

1 the bodies were mangled beyond recognition:

mutilate, maim, disfigure, damage, injure, crush, crumple;

hack, cut about, lacerate, tear apart, rend, chop (up), butcher, deform, maul, wreck.

2 he's mangling the English language:

spoil, ruin, mar, mutilate, bungle, mess up, make a mess of, wreck;

informal murder, make a hash of, muck up, screw up, butcher.