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deform

(d/I/'f/O/rm )

make formless(verb.contact)

Example:
The heat deformed the plastic sculpture.

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twist and press out of shape(verb.contact)

Synonym:
contort, distort, wring

source: wordnet30
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form(verb.contact)

Synonym:
bend, flex, turn, twist
Antonym:
unbend

source: wordnet30
become misshapen(verb.change)

Example:
The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake.

source: wordnet30
alter the shape of (something) by stress(verb.change)

Example:
His body was deformed by leprosy.

Synonym:
distort, strain

source: wordnet30
assume a different shape or form(verb.change)

Synonym:
change form, change shape

source: wordnet30
To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.(verb)

source: webster1913

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