7
overstate(verb, promote, influence, twist, confuse)
7
parody(verb, twist, mock, ridicule, imitate)
7
torture(verb, break, change, cut, hurt)
7
wrest(verb, give, turn, twist, true)
7
writhe(verb, falsify, distortion, deform, forth)
6
crook(noun, verb, twist, encircle, arch)
6
curve(verb, change, twist, alter, weight)
6
deceive(verb, change, promote, oppose, fake)
6
deprave(verb, twist, spoil, corrupt, degrade)
6
deviate(verb, twist, bend, falsify, coil)
6
knot(noun, verb, falsify, deform)
6
misunderstand(verb, pervert, misconstrue, misinterpret)
6
stretch(verb, promote, damage, twist, confuse)
6
twine(noun, verb, twist, encircle, coil)
5
collapse(verb, change, twist, alter, falsify)
5
doctor(verb, fix, fake, alter, informal)
5
embroider(verb, promote, influence, fake, twist)
5
gloss
5
gnarl(verb, falsify, deform)
5
mar(verb, cut, hurt, ruin, crush)
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