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    de·form
    [dəˈfôrm]
    verb
    deforming (present participle)
    1. distort the shape or form of:
      "the metal is deformed by innumerable cracks" · "intruding rocks deform the rocks around them to create a space for themselves" · "the market is very much deformed by several factors"
      • become distorted from the usual or typical shape or form; undergo deformation:
        "the suspension deforms slightly on corners"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French desformer, via medieval Latin from Latin deformare, from de- (expressing reversal) + forma ‘a shape’.
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    verb
    1. distort the shape or form of:
      disfigure
      misshape
      contort
      buckle
      twist
      warp
      damage
      impair
      maim
      injure
      misshapen
      distorted
      malformed
      contorted
      out of shape
      twisted
      crooked
      curved
      warped
      buckled
      gnarled
      maimed
      injured
      damaged
      humpbacked
      hunchbacked
      disfigured
      ugly
      unsightly
      grotesque
      monstrous
      marred
      mutilated
      mangled
      fugly
      make misshapen
      distort the shape of
      bend out of shape
       
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    1. verb (used with object) to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.

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      to change the shape or structure, esp. by using great pressure: Heat generated by intense pressure deforms the rock.

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      deform, distort, contort, warp means to mar or spoil by or as if by twisting. deform may imply a change of shape through stress, injury, or accident of growth. a face deformed by hatred

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      If something deforms a person's body or something else, it causes it to have an unnatural shape. In technical English, you can also say that the second thing deforms. Bad rheumatoid arthritis deforms limbs. [VERB noun] ...the ability of …

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