All 3 Uses of
distort
in
The Hot Zone
- The connective tissue under the skin had been destroyed by the virus, causing a subtle distortion of the face.†
p. 79.3 *
- As the bricks appear and move outward, they distort the cell, causing it to bulge and change shape, and finally the cell pops—it bursts and dies.†
p. 198.4
- Ripples in the faceplate of her head bubble distorted the view, as if she was in a house of mirrors.†
p. 323.6distorted = altered in an unnatural or untrue way
Definition:
to alter something in an unnatural or untrue way