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It presently means to destroy or severely damage by tearing or crushing or hammering.]

I.e. The car was mangled in the accident.

However, the term also has roots in Britain to mean to wring out clothing after washing. The "mangle" was originally two rollers in a sturdy frame, connected by cogs and, in its home version was hand cranked when wet clothes were passed beween the two rollers to squeeze out the water

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