Hyphenation
 man·gleTurkish pronunciation
 mänggılSynonyms
 batter, 
break, 
bruise, 
butcher, 
carve, 
contort, 
crush, 
cut, 
damage, 
deface, 
destroy, 
disfigure, 
distort, 
flay, 
hackPronunciation
 /ˈmaɴɢgəl/ /ˈmæŋɡəl/
Etymology
 [ 'ma[ng]-g&l ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. Middle English, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner 'to cut to pieces' or mahaigner 'to mutilate', for which see mayhem.