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  • 121contort — /keuhn tawrt /, v.t. 1. to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort. v.i. 2. to become twisted, distorted, or strained: His face contorted into a grotesque sneer. [1555 65; < L contortus twisted together, ptp. of contorquere. See CON , TORT] *&#8230; …

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  • 122mutilate — I verb amputate, batter, blemish, bruise, butcher, cripple, cut, damage, debilitate, deface, deform, deprive of an important part, disable, disfigure, dismantle, dismember, distort, gash, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out of shape, lacerate …

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  • 123style — Synonyms and related words: Bauhaus, Byzantine, Corinthian, Dadaism, Doric, Egyptian, English, Fauvism, French, German, Gothic, Gothicism, Greco Roman, Greek, Greek Revival, Ionic, Italian, MO, Moorish, Persian, Platonic form, Platonic idea,&#8230; …

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  • 124contort — verb her face was contorted with grief Syn: twist, bend out of shape, distort, misshape, warp, buckle, deform …

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  • 125warp — v 1. bend out of shape, bend, twist, turn, wrench; contort, misshape, deform. 2. swerve, curve, veer, deviate, slue. 3. bias, prejudice, jaundice, poison; prepossess, influence, sway, predispose. 4. pervert, distort, misconstruct, misrender,&#8230; …

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  • 126contort — verb Syn: twist, bend out of shape, distort, misshape, warp, buckle, deform …

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  • 127contort — con•tort [[t]kənˈtɔrt[/t]] v. t. 1) to twist, bend, or draw out of shape; distort 2) cvb to become twisted, distorted, or strained • Etymology: 1555–65; &LT; L contortus twisted together, ptp. of contorquēre. See con , tort con•tor′tive, adj …

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  • 128кривиться — КРИВИТЬСЯ1, несов. (сов. скривиться и искривиться). 1 и 2 л. не употр. Изменять (изменить) свою форму, контуры, очертания, становясь кривым, изогнутым, перекошенным [impf. to become bent or crooked, go out of shape]. Сделанный из сырого теса пол&#8230; …

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