mangle


mangle (http://definr.com/mangle)

     n : clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it
         between two heavy heated rollers
     v 1: press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"
     2: injure badly by beating [syn: maul]
     3: "The tourists murdered the French language" [syn: mutilate,
         murder]
     4: destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
        [syn: mutilate, disfigure, cut up]