Meaning & use
distorting
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Twisting or altering something out of its normal shape, condition, or meaning.
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The funhouse mirror was distorting our reflections into strange shapes.
Critics accused the article of distorting the scientist's original findings.
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"Distorting" applies equally to physical shapes and abstract things like facts, sounds, or images.
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