unmangle

verb

unmangle

verb

Etymology From un- + mangle.

1

To restore the original form of (something previously mangled).

  • Eliot picked up the papers and attempted to unmangle them as much as possible. His eyes glanced over the pages […]2013, Elaine Overton, Sugar Rush:
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demangle

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