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distort

Dictionary definition · distort

verb

  1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
  2. form into a spiral shape"The cord is all twisted"
  3. twist and press out of shape
  4. affect as in thought or feeling"My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"
  5. alter the shape of (something) by stress"His body was deformed by leprosy"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).