GARBLE Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

garble

verb

ˈgär-bəl

Definition of garble

as in to distort

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately garbled by his opponent

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as in to filter

to remove usually visible impurities from garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe

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Recent Examples of garble SecNav’s just a big fan, and that message got garbled in a chain-of-command game of telephone. — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025 Data-poisoning tools like Nightshade, which can garble some AI outputs, may be a more effective solution for concerned artists. — Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024 The idea may be, to garble Anna Karenina in a botlike way, that all plagiarisms are alike — but that obfuscates the idiosyncrasies of art and, indeed, of technology. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024 Packets can be lost or delayed, for example, when a network is busy, creating unintentional silences that can garble speech or cause callers to talk over one another. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2014 See All Example Sentences for garble

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While there are men who have been affected — George Brett Olson has been one vocal example — the majority affected seem to be women, whose likenesses are often exaggerated or distorted for the purposes of sexualization.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
The carbon molecules then distort the star’s light so much that almost all of it is squeezed into wavelengths beyond 600 nanometres.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

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In response, the watchdog group Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint Wednesday with the State Bar of California asking it to investigate whether Zacharia misrepresented herself as a lawyer in violation of California law.

— Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
But Amendment 83 has drawn an especially stark contrast between two types of Colorado’s hunters, with each claiming that the other is misrepresenting the interest of both the public and Centennial State hunters and anglers.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of misrepresent

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Rising global demand to extract battery metals like cobalt, nickel, and manganese makes mining increasingly likely.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Both the driver and semi were taken to the Newton-Azrak Station in Murrieta, where hazardous response specialists extracted the liquid contents from the tank, which tested positive for meth, the release said.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

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The team revised Rotta’s face and coloring to bring him closer to Jabba while refining his muscular physique.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
If desired, Meyer lemons can also be pruned in late winter to early spring to refine their shrubby look into a more tree-like appearance.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026

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