deform
verb (used with object)
to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure.
was deforming
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past progressiveof deform.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Stein was certain that the crust was deforming to some degree there because geologists had been finding evidence of a series of large quakes hundreds of years before the cluster in 1811–12.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2011
For several years, research teams battled in the scientific literature about whether the crust was deforming around New Madrid.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2011
