mangle in WordNet English dictionary

1. destroy or injure severely
   "The madman mutilates art work"
   mutilate  mangle  cut up 
   
2. alter so as to make unrecognizable
   "The tourists murdered the French language"
   mangle  mutilate  murder 
   
3. press with a mangle
   "mangle the sheets"
   mangle 
   
4. injure badly by beating
   maul  mangle 
   

1. clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
   mangle