Mangle and Open

Mangle

Mangle verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.

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

Nearby Words: mangled, mangling

Open

Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.

Mangle and open are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mangle" instead a verb "Open".

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

Common collocations

map mangle map open map
film mangle film open film
enemies mangle enemies open enemies

Both words in one sentence

  • Shoot Out the Lock 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.
  • Videogame / Five Nights at Freddy's 2 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
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