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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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