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deform

Verbs

• (v) make formless
  • the heat deformed the plastic sculpture
• (v) twist and press out of shape contort, wring, distort,
• (v) cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
  • bend the rod
  • twist the dough into a braid
  • the strong man could turn an iron bar
  twist, bend, flex, turn,
• (v) become misshapen
  • The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake
• (v) alter the shape of (something) by stress
  • His body was deformed by leprosy
  distort, strain,
• (v) assume a different shape or form change form, change shape,

Synonyms

contort wring distort twist bend flex turn strain change form change shape

Antonyms

unbend

Words of close approximity