Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Mangle (-s)
mangle (-s), v. [Du. mangelen, Ger. mangeln, to want.]
Tear; maul; mutilate; disfigure; cut up; destroy by shredding to pieces; reduce to an unrecognizable state; [fig.] disturb; trouble; upset; cause anxiety; devastate emotionally.
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