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distort
/dɪsˈtoɹt/
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What does distort mean?
verb
- To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
- To become misshapen.
- To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.
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adjective
- (obsolete) Distorted; misshapen.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪsˈtoɹt/
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It is the white people, the disappointed tyrants of Georgia, who try to distort social courtesies in official ones.
He did not hesitate to simplify or to distort if he could get nearer to that unknown thing he sought.
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For that reason it should not be turned by seizing it with pliers, as that may distort it and spoil the bore within it.
The child has specific powers; to ignore that fact is to stunt or distort the organs upon which his growth depends.
Sometimes he produced actual dislocation, but usually he said he could so distort his muscles as to imitate in the closest degree the dislocations.