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mangler

mangler

2 9.8
A person who violently harms people or destroys things
  • noun
  • /ˈmæŋɡlər/
  • NSFW
translation icon : mutilador
  • Bring up the mangler.

Examples

  • The giant steel "mangler" is slapping down in brutal rhythm.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • - Everybody will be watching to see the lady who caught Eddie the Mangler.

  • - Who's the Minneapolis Mangler?.

  • Single-handedly caught the Minneapolis Mangler.

  • The Marietta Mangler.

  • THE MANGLER REBORN

  • Some of the stories are hokey in a creepy way, like The Mangler or Grey Matter (or as I prefer to call it, Strange Brew), but stories like Graveyard Shift, The Boogeyman, and Sometimes They Come Back are exceptionally effective and creepy stories.

    Blog text (12)
  • Shoulders that punch, tails that crunch, deranged stranglers, strange danglers, fanged manglers, mouth breathers, brain squeezers and a dude with weird eyes.

  • The criminal was known as a mangler after he violently attacked his victims.

  • The horror movie features a mangler who leaves a trail of disfigured bodies.

Synonyms

mutilator
vsmangler
  • NSFW
1 9.3

A person who seriously hurts and disfigures people or animals

is the same but highlights violent or damaging manner more broadly
dismemberer
vsmangler
  • Offensive
9.6

A person or tool that cuts a body into pieces

covers violent destroying or crippling more broadly, not only cutting
maimer
vsmangler
  • NSFW
9.9

A person who injures someone badly so they have lasting harm

involves violent mutilation or crippling rather than just lasting injury
injurer
vsmangler
6.3

A person who hurts another person

implies violent, severe disfigurement rather than general harm
damager
vsmangler
4.9

A person or thing that causes harm to people and property

focuses on violent mutilation or crippling rather than general damage

Antonyms

129 2.8

A person who defends and cares for another person or thing

How Violent

mutilator
  • NSFW
1 9.3
mangler
  • NSFW
2 9.8
attacker
167 2.5
offender
304 3.5

Surface Forms

mangler singular
manglers plural

Morphology

mangler = mangle (transparent) = mangle + er

Standard agent noun formed by adding the productive suffix '-er' to the verb 'mangle', so meaning 'person who mangles' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word mangler comes from the verb mangle, which means 'to badly damage' and is also the name of a machine that crushes or twists cloth. The ending -er means 'one who does', so a mangler is someone or something that 'crushes', harms, or destroys in a violent way.