11
buckle(verb, change, twist, alter, collapse)
10
misshape(verb, alter, beautiful, falsify, distortion)
9
mangle(verb, change, cut, hurt, ruin)
9
misconstrue(verb, change, ruin, fail, damage)
9
confuse(verb, disturb, promote, obscure, twist)
9
corrupt(verb, adjective, twist, spoil, fabricate)
9
misquote(verb, promote, fake, twist, alter)
9
wind(verb, twist, falsify, deform, distorting)
9
wring(verb, turn, twist, alter, pull)
8
embellish(verb, promote, twist, confuse, lie)
8
fake(verb, change, promote, influence, twist)
8
lie(verb, change, promote, fake, tell)
7
adulterate(verb, hurt, promote, damage, harm)
7
deface(verb, break, cut, hurt, ruin)
7
strain(verb, turn, damage, limit, twist)
7
blemish(noun, verb, break, cut, hurt)
7
caricature(verb, twist, mock, ridicule, fabricate)
7
change(verb, fake, alter, weight, falsify)
7
disguise(verb, promote, oppose, influence, twist)
7
fudge(verb, change, promote, influence, fake)
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