deformed

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More than a dozen countries took part in the weeks-long search for the vessel, which was eventually located a year later by a private British marine robotics firm, its hull dented and deformed.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

There was the Picasso of late-19th-century realism; the Picasso of angular, broken-down Cubist shapes; the Picasso of playfully deformed portraits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

When the metal is deformed, dislocations twist and shift, nudging nearby atoms into preferred positions.

From Science Daily • Oct. 14, 2025

However, exposure to high levels can result in brittle hair, deformed nails and neurological effects.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

It was like something was deformed about him—but when you looked at him closely each part of him was normal and as it ought to be.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers