What is the meaning of distort?

Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story.
- synonyms: falsify, garble, warp
Form into a spiral shape.
- usage: "The cord is all twisted"
- synonyms: twist, twine
Twist and press out of shape.
- synonyms: contort, deform, wring
Affect as in thought or feeling.
- usage: "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
- synonyms: tinge, color, colour
Alter the shape of (something) by stress.
- usage: "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- synonyms: deform, strain

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