āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to distort
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to change the shape or condition of something in a way that is no longer clear or natural
Transitive: to distort shape of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Strong winds can distort the shape of trees, bending them in unnatural directions.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§
to change and twist a fact, idea, etc. in a way that no longer conveys its true meaning
Transitive: to distort a fact or idea
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Some historical accounts have been distorted over time, altering the events to fit certain narratives or agendas.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻāĻāύāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻā§āύā§āĻĄāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§
to become twisted or warped out of shape, often due to pressure, heat, or other external factors
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The metal frame of the old car distorted over time, rusting and bending out of shape.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻĢā§āϰā§āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§, āĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
distortable
distorted
distortion
distort
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