mangle

[US]/ˈmæŋɡl/
[UK]/ˈmæŋɡl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

Verb: at skære eller rive i stykker; at beskadige
Noun: en maskine til at rulle metal, plastik eller andet materiale
Word Forms
Past Tensemangled
Present Participlemangling
Third Person Singularmangles
Past Participlemangled
Pluralmangles

Phrases & Collocations

mangled body

forvrænget lig

mangle the truth

vrider sandheden

mangle a document

forvrænge et dokument

Example Sentences

mangle a text by poor typesetting

mangle en tekst på grund af dårlig typografi

the car was mangled almost beyond recognition.

bilen var så beskadiget, at den næsten var umulig at genkende.

the mangled remains of the bomber’s van

de forvredne rester af bombeflyets varevogn

He was off work because he’d mangled his hand in a machine.

Han var væk fra arbejdet, fordi han havde tilskadekommet sin hånd i en maskine.

After the accident they tried to find out who the people were, but the bodies were too badly mangled to be recognized.

Efter ulykken forsøgte de at finde ud af, hvem personerne var, men ligene var for slemt tilredte til at kunne genkendes.

After the disastrous collapse accident the bodies were too badly mangled to be recognized.

Efter den katastrofale sammenbrudsulykke var ligene for slemt tilredte til at kunne genkendes.

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