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dis tawr tuhd

  • v  make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
  • v  form into a spiral shape
  • v  twist and press out of shape
  • v  affect as in thought or feeling
  • v  alter the shape of (something) by stress
  • s  so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
    his poor distorted limbs
  • s  having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

  • An expert in optics suggested that tiny inversely distorted mirrors could correct the images, but nobody could figure out how to fit them into the hard-to-reach space inside.
  • Every web surfer, in the course of his or her browsing, has been forced to stop and perform this weird little task: look at a picture of some wavy, ghostly, distorted letters and .
  • Whether he really does is anybody's guess, but amid all the Auto-Tuned vocals and effects no rapper enjoys hearing his own voice distorted more are shrewd commercial .
News & Articles

  • Keidel: Tim Tebow Is Gone — And It’s Time To Get A Grip
    The Tim Tebow saga has become so distorted that the contrasting commentary runs like watercolors all over his face. Tebow has somehow become the dual emblem of sports and idolatry, the good and the bad.
    June 12, 2013 - CBS New York
  • UMW, Patriot trade charges over negotiations
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Patriot Coal officials are saying statements by the United Mine Workers are "inaccurate and distorted" and that the company never "walked out" on negotiations with the union. In a statement issued Wednesday night,...
    June 12, 2013 - The Charleston Gazette
  • DxO ViewPoint
    DxO can fix distorted faces at the side of your wide-angle photos like no other software.
    June 11, 2013 - PC Magazine
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in Independent
    Monday's order, Obama said, "is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology."
  • David Chase in Washington Post
    In a 2002 court filing, Chase called Baer's claims "grossly distorted, petulant and self-aggrandizing" and that Baer provided a "modest service," arranging to introduce him to individuals who were experienced in certain facets of organized crime.
  • Mike Huckabee in Wall Street Journal
    We have both been brutally assaulted by Governor Romney with amazingly misleading ads that attacked and distorted and misrepresented our records, Romney attacking me in Iowa, attacking him in New Hampshire,Mr. Huckabee said on "Fox News Sunday."

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