Synonyms for Distort (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (twist and press out of shape):
contort, deform, wring
WordNet sense 2 (form into a spiral shape):
twine, twist
WordNet sense 3 (affect as in thought or feeling):
color, tinge, colour
WordNet sense 4 (make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story):
falsify, garble, warp
WordNet sense 5 (alter the shape of (something) by stress):
strain
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