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Distitle
- - To deprive of title or right.
Distorts
- verb -
- affect as in thought or feeling;
- alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- twist and press out of shape
Distract
- verb - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
- draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
Distrain
- verb - confiscate by distress
- legally take something in place of a debt payment
- levy a distress on
Distrait
- adjective - having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
Distress
- noun - a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
- bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"
- extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress"
- psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
- the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
District
- noun - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
- regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
Distrust
- noun - doubt about someone's honesty
- regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- the trait of not trusting others
Disturbs
- verb - change the arrangement or position of
- damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
- destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"
- move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
- tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"