deform
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At such depths, rocks are generally expected to deform slowly rather than fracture suddenly.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
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
Internal geological processes slowly deform the surfaces of Venus, Mars, Ganymede and Europa, as well as Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
"The patch deforms in a way very similar to your own skin," Xiao said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
One type of virus carried by mites results in a bee being born with no abdomen, while another deforms their wings and leaves them too weak to fly.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
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
The contention of La Motte-Houdart that verse denaturalises and deforms ideas, expresses the faith of the time, and La Motte's own cold and laboured odes did not tend to refute his theory.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Edmund Gosse
They have been shaped, but not deformed, by military service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
When many nucleons participate in these coordinated transitions, the nucleus becomes strongly deformed.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
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
In each crack grew a gnarly sea grape tree deformed from leeward winds.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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
The deforming rock can lead to stress changes that either destabilize or stabilize faults.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
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
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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