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1distort something to change the shape, appearance, or sound of something so that it is strange or not clear a fairground mirror that distorts your shape The loudspeaker seemed to distort his voice.2d [..]
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1580s, from Latin distortus, past participle of distorquere "to twist different ways, distort," from dis- "completely" + torquere "to twist" (see torque (n.)). Related: D [..]
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to deform or misrepresent.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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falsify: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story twist: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" contort: twist and press out of shape tinge [..]
Source: google-dictionary.so8848.com

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v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
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tsedreyen
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com

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(v) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story(v) form into a spiral shape(v) twist and press out of shape(v) affect as in thought or feeling(v) alter the shape of (something) by s [..]
Source: beedictionary.com

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torqueo, intorqueo, pertorqueo
Source: latin-dictionary.org

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(transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape. (intransitive,ergative) To become misshapen. (transitive) To give a false or misleading account of ''In their articles, journalists s [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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