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  1. distort
    [dəˈstôrt]
    verb
    distort (verb)
    distorts (third person present)
    distorted (past tense)
    distorted (past participle)
    distorting (present participle)
    1. pull or twist out of shape:
      "a grimace distorted her mouth"
      • give a misleading or false account or impression of:
        "many factors can distort the results"
        • change the form of (an electrical signal or sound wave) during transmission, amplification, or other processing:
          "you're distorting the sound by overdriving the amp"
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          Pronunciation
          verb
          dəˈstôrt
          Tone

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          Origin
          late 15th century (in the sense ‘twist to one side’): from Latin distort- ‘twisted apart’, from the verb distorquere, from dis- ‘apart’ + torquere ‘to twist’.
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