Hurt and Mangle

Hurt

Hurt verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Usage example: don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it

Mangle and hurt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mangle" instead a verb "Hurt".

Nearby Words: hurtful, hurting

Mangle

Mangle verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.
Usage example: you've mangled this so badly that we'll have to do it over

Hurt and mangle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hurt" instead a verb "Mangle".

Nearby Words: mangled, mangling

Common collocations

boy hurt boy mangle boy
hand hurt hand mangle hand
characters hurt characters mangle characters
story hurt story mangle story
Other words: hands, times, kids, enemies.
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