"munge" meaning in English

See munge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /mʌnd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-munge.wav [UK] Forms: munge [canonical], munges [third-person, singular], munged [past], munged [past, participle], munging [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|mung|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you munge data, you transform it from one format to another so as to destroy it.
    Sense id: simple-munge-en-verb-~4phn8y5 Categories (other): Colloquial, Computing
     
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