Mangle
Mangle verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Defied in Sharpe - someone suggests shooting open a lock, but Sharpe points out that all it does is mangle the levers and make it worse.
Source: Shoot Out the Lock -
Alternatively, Jeremy Fitzgerald survives an incredibly challenging and terrifying week of murderous animatronics trying to destroy him, and finally gets moved to the day shift on its last day open
and he becomes the victim of the Bite of '87 courtesy of Foxy or the Mangle.note
or not.
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Open and Mangle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mangle/open
Mangle & Open. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mangle/open>.
Open or Mangle. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mangle/open.
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