deform
verb (used with object)
to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure.
have deformed
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present perfectof deform.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In the new study, the scientists created a computer model that estimated how huge amounts of ice would have deformed under pressure and flowed over the ancient land between 31,000 and 15,000 years ago.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 31, 2022
Canova is said to have deformed his sternum by bending his chest on a hammer for hours.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2021
Babies that survive might have deformed bones, jaundiced skin, or brain or nerve damage.
From Nature ● Sep. 30, 2018
Thrust faults have deformed the non-volcanic eastern spine, pushing rocks and pieces of a continental plate on top of each other.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
No doubt the sun is rotating on its axis, and, as it is the rotation that causes the protuberance, why should not the rotation have deformed the sun like the earth?
From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
