mangling
Tearing something apart
Mangling is the act of damaging something severely, usually through violent or clumsy handling.
A machine might mangle fabric; an accident might mangle a limb.
The word extends to botched performances: His mangling of the national anthem was painful to hear.
Text or data can be mangled when corrupted or garbled beyond recognition.
Corrupting transmitted information
- distortionTwisting from original state
- butcheringProcessing animals into cuts
- misquotingCiting words inaccurately
- corruptingCausing moral decay
jumbling · scrambling · misconstruing · muddling · bungling · misstating · fracturing · misrendering
Mishandling through incompetence
- botchingDoing something poorly
- foulingMaking something unclean
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- butcheringProcessing animals into cuts
mismanagement · sabotage · ruining · spoiling · wrecking · destroying · damaging · corrupting
Damaging a body severely
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- maimingInflicting disabling wounds
tearing · shredding · amputation · gash · wound · contusion · abrasion · scarring
Twisting from original state
- warpingBecoming bent or twisted
- twistingRotating with distortion
- contortionUnnatural twisting or bending
- crumplingCrushing into folds
bending · misshaping · squashing · crushing · compressing · wrenching · buckling · kinking
Destroyed remains of something
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- ruinationState of complete destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
decimation · annihilation · shredding · pulverizing · smashing · disintegration · collapse · rubble
garbling
Corrupting transmitted information
- distortionTwisting from original state
- butcheringProcessing animals into cuts
- misquotingCiting words inaccurately
corrupting · jumbling · scrambling · misconstruing · muddling · bungling · misstating · fracturing · misrendering · botching
bungling
Mishandling through incompetence
butchering · mismanagement · sabotage · ruining · spoiling · wrecking · destroying · damaging · corrupting · tainting
mutilation
Damaging a body severely
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
maiming · tearing · shredding · amputation · gash · wound · contusion · abrasion · scarring · dismemberment
distortion
Twisting from original state
- warpingBecoming bent or twisted
- twistingRotating with distortion
- contortionUnnatural twisting or bending
crumpling · bending · misshaping · squashing · crushing · compressing · wrenching · buckling · kinking · gnarling
wreckage
Destroyed remains of something
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- ruinationState of complete destruction
obliteration · decimation · annihilation · shredding · pulverizing · smashing · disintegration · collapse · rubble · carnage
- distortionsdistort, distorts, deform, warp, twist
- carnagebloodshed, bloodbath, massacre, slaughter, butchery
- muddlingmuddling, jumbling, scrambling, mixing up, disarranging
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- deterioratingdecaying, decomposing, degrading, rotting, eroding
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
manglingperfecting
Making something ideal
preserving · honoring · enunciating · clarifying · correcting