Mangled and Severed

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Mangled adjective - Having edges that are jagged from injury.

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Severed and mangled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Severed" instead the word "Mangled" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: mangle, mangling

Severed adjective - Detached by cutting.

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Mangled and severed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mangled" instead the word "Severed" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Words: severe, severance, severing, severally

The severed digit is too badly mangled to reattach with any realistic chance of success.

Source: Fan Fic / The Legend of Total Drama Island
With each number, the hands become increasingly mangled (with fingers severed or completely blown off).

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Public Service Announcement
Not quite severed altogether, but a luckless man (played by Vincent D'Onofrio) in the "Subway" episode of Homicide: Life on the Street got trapped under a train car, which crushed and mangled his body from the waist down.

Source: Half the Man He Used to Be

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