1. severely damaged, crushed, or twisted out of shape
2. badly distorted or corrupted in form or meaning

Examples

• The car was completely mangled in the accident.
• His mangled arm required immediate surgery.
• The translation was so mangled that it made no sense.
• She found the mangled remains of her bicycle after the storm.
• The reporter’s mangled pronunciation of foreign names was embarrassing.
• The metal fence was left mangled by the fallen tree.
• His mangled explanation only confused everyone more.