Mangle and Stretch

Mangle

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

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

Nearby Words: mangled, mangling

Stretch verb - To injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure.

Usage example: I stretched a back muscle, and the pain is killing me

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Mangle and stretch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mangle" instead a verb "Stretch".

play	mangle play	stretch play
part	mangle part	stretch part
body	mangle body	stretch body
hand	mangle hand	stretch hand
Other words: face, characters, words, hands, lines.

Those Wacky Nazis had an infamous Mad Doctor named Josef Mengele, whose surname sounds an awful lot like "mangle." Considering what he did to prisoners in Auschwitz (unspeakably sadistic experiments For the Evulz), that's not too much of a stretch.

Source: Names To Run Away From / Verbs
Lots of reasons, really, but the most relevent to this page is the Organ of Agonies, a musical instrument that you strap innocent victims into before playing—which it will then slice, bludgeon, stretch, and mangle to death, making paradoxically beautiful music out of their agonized screams.

Source: Soundtrack Dissonance / Other Media

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