mangle

(noun) clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers.

(verb) press with a mangle. Example: "Mangle the sheets."

(verb) injure badly by beating. Synonyms: maul.

(verb) alter so as to make unrecognizable. Synonyms: mutilate, murder. Example: "The tourists murdered the french language."

(verb) destroy or injure severely. Synonyms: mutilate, cut up. Example: "The madman mutilates art work."