DEFORMING Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

deforming

verb

present participle of deform

as in distorting

to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition a cynic whose face seems to be permanently deformed by a sneer

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Recent Examples of deforming These new defects let the material keep deforming safely under extreme pressure instead of snapping. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026 The two valves must then pass one another midway through their strokes, briefly deforming to squeeze past each other before resuming their pumping roles. — Mike McRae 12, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026 How are prices set, and how do those prices avoid reproducing the procedural bias already deforming American medicine? — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 When oil wells are shut in, the pressure underground can become imbalanced, deforming the underlying structure. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 27 May 2026 Their atoms are held together by strong chemical bonds and arranged in a stable crystal structure that resists deforming, even at extreme temperatures. — Vitor Rielli, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026 Elastically deforming wire structures are lightweight, durable, and can be bent within minutes using CNC bending machines. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Dec. 2018

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But attorneys for the group Defenders of Wildlife said the government was distorting the environmental law’s definition of a species by focusing only on the populations in Minnesota and the Northern Rockies.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
The absurdist look at greed and climate change, reality and the distorting power of media, feckless world leaders and rapacious billionaires, struggled to get off the ground.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of distorting

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There’s a slickness to the carnage that rubs uncomfortably against the film’s humanist ethos, rendering artificial (for all Shen Teng’s trembling and mouth-contorting labors) the horrific tragedies that befall its characters.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Yan jumped up — way up — into the air, contorting his legs into somewhat of a split.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of contorting

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Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin, meanwhile, became the first American team to win a medal in Olympic mixed doubles curling, taking silver.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The striker managed to regain possession, used his quick feet to dance past two defenders before curling an effort into the top corner.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of curling

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Guevara has never been charged with a crime in connection with allegedly torturing supsects, and the statute of limitations has long since expired on any such charges, Felker said.

— Chris Tye, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
In 1996, Pike was found guilty of first-degree murder for beating, torturing and killing Slemmer, a fellow Jobs Corps worker, in a remote area of the University of Tennessee Agricultural campus.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of torturing

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Unlike MacKay’s Ferrars, seemingly the more loyal and irreproachable type, both men end up screwing over the Dashwoods in their own ways.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
In a video from March 4, 2019, her co-worker David Xu can be seen approaching her desk, pouring a substance into the bottle, screwing the lid back on and quickly walking away.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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