mangle

(noun, verb)

noun

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

Definition categories: man–made

verb

1. press with a mangle

- mangle the sheets

Definition categories: contact, iron, press

2. injure badly by beating

Similar word(s): maul

Definition categories: contact, blemish, deface, disfigure

3. alter so as to make unrecognizable

Similar word(s): murder, mutilate

Definition categories: change, distort, falsify, garble, warp

4. destroy or injure severely

Similar word(s): mutilate

Definition categories: change, damage