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verb

To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear: batter, knock about (or around), maul, rough up. See attack/defend, help/harm/harmless, strike/miss.

mangle²

verb

To smooth by applying heat and pressure: iron, press. See smooth/rough.

v

Definition: mutilate, deform
Antonyms: cure, heal, help, preserve

1. Used similarly to mung or scribble, but more violent in its connotations; something that is mangled has been irreversibly and totally trashed.

2. To produce the mangled name corresponding to a C++ declaration.

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• Violent Actions - mangle: mutilate, injure

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - rulle, vridemaskine
v. tr. - presse, rulle, vride

2.
v. tr. - radbrække, ødelægge, mishandle

Nederlands (Dutch)
mangel (waswringer), door een mangel halen, verminken/ verscheuren, verdraaien

Français (French)
1.
n. - essoreuse à rouleaux, essoreuse
v. tr. - essorer

2.
v. tr. - mutiler, broyer (un véhicule), (fig) massacrer, estropier (un message)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Wäschemangel, Wäscherolle
v. - mangeln, rollen

2.
v. - verstümmeln, zerfleischen, demolieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στίφτης (ρούχων κ.λπ.), μάγγανο
v. - ακρωτηριάζω, πετσοκόβω, κατακρεουργώ, καταξεσχίζω, (μτφ.) παραμορφώνω, κατακρεουργώ (κείμενο)

Italiano (Italian)
mangano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - calandra (f) (Eng.)
v. - passar roupa, mutilar (fig.), estraçalhar

Русский (Russian)
каток (для белья), цилиндр, мангровое дерево, катать (белье), калечить, искажать, рубить

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - escurridor, máquina de planchar
v. tr. - planchar, escurrir

2.
v. tr. - destrozar, estropear, desgarrar, mutilar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mangel, vridmaskin
v. - mangla, vrida

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 乱砍, 乱撕, 损毁, 弄糟, 使受严重损伤

2. 轧布机, 轧光机, 把送入轧布机中轧压

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 亂砍, 亂撕, 損毀, 弄糟, 使受嚴重損傷

2.
n. - 軋布機, 軋光機
v. tr. - 把送入軋布機中軋壓

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 탈수기
v. tr. - ~을 탈수하다

2.
v. tr. - 몇 군데 상처를 입히다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ずたずたに切る, 台なしにする, 水絞り機にかける, 台無しにする
n. - 圧搾ローラー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جهاز لتعديل القماش (فعل) يشوه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מעגילה - מכונה לסחיטת כביסה, מכונת גיהוץ, בעיקר לסדינים (ארה"ב)‬
v. tr. - ‮סחט במעגילה, גיהץ במעגילה‬
v. tr. - ‮ריסק, מחץ, השחית, קלקל, פצע‬

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