deform
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Although the word defect may suggest a weakness, dislocations can help metals deform under extreme force instead of breaking apart.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Defensive wars don’t merely protect states, they also deform them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
"The first thing we did was to deform a piece of metal," Freitas explains.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2025
The tyres need to be able to deform as they go over rocks and then ping back to their original shape.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
“Or your hand will move and you’ll deform yourself.”
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
As the CoAl deforms, parts of these interfaces crystallize and help generate new dislocations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
This alloy softens and deforms at relatively low temperatures — around 500 F — well below the intensity of a typical house fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
But if you make the walls too thin, your jack-o’-lantern’s fangs will become inward-curving skin tabs as the pulp desiccates and deforms.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022
Magma forcing its way through rock generates distinctive types of earthquakes, deforms the land as it ascends and unleashes noxious gases.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
At any rate, the block was restored in 1530 to Bandinelli, who produced the misbegotten group which still deforms the Florentine Piazza.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds
This directional variation, known as seismic anisotropy, allows scientists to identify areas where the mantle has been deformed.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
The medical examiner retrieved a deformed metal projectile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
Neave, now 18, suffers from curvature of the spine, muscle wastage, scar tissue, and deformed feet, Natasha added.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
Sun, however, had a problem: a deformed finger that slowed him down and drew the ire of his overseers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
“Why are you doing all this?” mumbled the owner of the shack, a grey-haired old man in a threadbare coat, with deformed legs and a bent back.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
A spokesman for Poland's long-distance rail operator, PKP Intercity, told AFP the heatwave was expected to affect traffic, with overhead power lines sagging and rails deforming.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Vidale said it’s likely the outer core is deforming the shape of the inner core, pushing it a kilometer or two in areas where they rub together with force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
Low-pressure environments are generally unfavorable for microbes, since these conditions will cause the water in cells to evaporate, deforming their structure.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2024
"We want to prevent breeders from deforming dogs so much, that they suffer."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2024
He saw Jan as though someone had performed an operation upon his eyes, or as though someone had snatched a deforming mask from Jan’s face.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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