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Verb: contort  kun'tort
  1. Twist and press out of shape
    "His body was twisted as if someone had taken it and twisted it beyond the natural ability of a body to contort itself"
    - deform, distort, wring

Derived forms: contorts, contorting, contorted

See also: contortion

Type of: distort, twine, twist