distort
verb (used with object)
to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed.
distortive
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a word derived from
distort.
Example Sentences
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"So when you remove something arbitrarily, you strip it of its context, making it distortive," Prof Ahmed says.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2023
"The balance sheet will need to decline significantly," she said, citing the "distortive effects" the Fed's nearly $9 trillion in holdings are having on financial markets.
From Reuters ● Mar. 30, 2022
“As part of this process, the extremes to which the Mail on Sunday used distortive, manipulative, and dishonest tactics to target the Duchess of Sussex have been put on full display.”
From The Guardian ● May 1, 2020
Could dark energy’s distortive effects on galactic scales result in a kind of local “bubbling” of spacetime?
From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2018
But, in the distortive movement, the mass will also gain energy in other forms.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by James Weir
