deform
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Defensive wars don’t merely protect states, they also deform them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
"Without atom motion you have a hard time having the material be able to deform and return," says Dr Padula.
From BBC • May 12, 2025
I love this quote by Ntozake Shange: “i cant count the number of times i have viscerally wanted to attack deform n maim the language that i was taught to hate myself in.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025
When high loads are applied to superelastic materials they can deform to large strains which would result in a permanent strain in conventional materials without break.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2024
Internal geological processes slowly deform the surfaces of Venus, Mars, Ganymede and Europa, as well as Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing deform
Shape Up: Form
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Plate Tectonics - Middle School
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Out of the Dust
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