adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mangled/tangled/twisted wreckage
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Recovery teams continue to clear the tangled wreckage.
sb's face is twisted/contorted with rage
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Mike's usually calm face was contorted with rage.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
metal
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Men were hosing dirt off the twisted metal .
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The end of the alley was blocked by a heap of rubble and twisted metal .
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In front of him was a mound of concrete blocks, dust, jagged glass and twisted metal .
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One person died in the carnage, which left a trail of twisted metal across the three lanes of the west-bound carriageway.
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The impact reduced the front part of the Poole train to twisted metal .
pair
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There are basically three types of network cable: thick Ethernet, thin Ethernet and twisted pair .
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The Model 10102 has 12 shielded twisted pair ports for local links and four fibre ports for links over up to 6,000 feet.
smile
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Sid gave me one of his twisted smiles .
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She turned to stare at him and saw that he was smiling - a twisted smile that made her colour rise quickly.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a twisted mind
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I think she does love me in some twisted way.
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Investigators sifted through the twisted wreckage of the plane.
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Pieces of twisted metal and rusted pipe lay scattered around the yard.
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the twisted wreckage of the plane
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What kind of sick and twisted person would do such a thing?
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Whoever sent you these disgusting letters must be twisted .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Are there any twisted or precarious joints?
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It was a peculiar, twisted heart, made of driftwood.
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Its head becomes twisted and the mouth moves sideways.
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Note that the supporting leg is twisted so that your hips face 120° away from a forward-facing position.
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She turned to stare at him and saw that he was smiling - a twisted smile that made her colour rise quickly.
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The high Baroque altar with its twisted columns in varied marbles is by members of the Platzer family.