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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
distort /dɪˈstɔːt/
▶verb
- 1 pull or twist out of shape.
- 2 give a misleading account or impression of.
- 3 change the form of (an electrical signal or sound wave) during transmission or amplification.
– derivatives
distorted adjective,
distortedly adverb,
distortedness noun.
distorted adjective,
distortedly adverb,
distortedness noun.
– origin C15: from L. distort-, distorquere ‘twist apart’.
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