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| bend |
to impose a strain on; distort. [1/10 definitions] |
| deform |
to damage or distort the shape or form of; misshape; mutilate. [1/4 definitions] |
| disorient |
to cause mental confusion in; distort one's perceptions, sense of identity, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| foreshorten |
to distort, or shorten the lines of the long axis of (a visual image) in order to create the illusion of depth and perspective. [1/2 definitions] |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. [1/3 definitions] |
| load |
to distort by prejudice, for the purpose of gaining what one wants. [1/17 definitions] |
| pervert |
to state or interpret incorrectly, esp. by intention; distort. [1/5 definitions] |
| Satanism |
the worship of Satan, esp. in a cult whose rituals distort and mock Christian worship. |
| scramble |
to electronically distort (a radio or television signal or the like) and thus make (it) unintelligible without a special receiver. [1/10 definitions] |
| screw |
to distort by or as if by twisting (sometimes fol. by "up"). [1/17 definitions] |
| skew |
to distort, as from a normal statistical curve or some other expected pattern. [1/6 definitions] |
| torture |
to twist or force out of shape; distort. [1/5 definitions] |
| twist |
to misconstrue or deliberately distort the meaning of. [1/19 definitions] |
| warp |
to distort (truth or fact). [1/10 definitions] |
| wrench |
to twist the meaning or nature of; distort. [1/13 definitions] |
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