distort
dis
ˈdÉĒs
dis
tort
tɔrt
tawrt
/dÉĒˈstɔːt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "distort"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to change the shape or condition of something in a way that is no longer clear or natural
Transitive: to distort shape of something
to distort definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Strong winds can distort the shape of trees, bending them in unnatural directions.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§‹āϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

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
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Some historical accounts have been distorted over time, altering the events to fit certain narratives or agendas.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϘāϟāύāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to become twisted or warped out of shape, often due to pressure, heat, or other external factors
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The metal frame of the old car distorted over time, rusting and bending out of shape.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻŽāϰāĻŋāϚāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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