as in distortion
the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition
the catastrophic deformation of the steel girders under the enormous weight of the bridge
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Recent Examples of deformation
These abstract metaphors for legal deformation, social imprisonment, and corrupted meaning are spaces where American experience is currently, frequently twisted.
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Armond White, National Review, 14 May 2025
This sort of lens grade is highly unusual for any sort of portable projector, and should prevent such issues as yellow discoloration and deformation that can impact plastic lenses over times.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Hidden cascades of seismic ice stream deformation ETH Zürich: Ice streams move due to tiny ice quakes
Avery Hurt is a freelance science journalist.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The study showed how ground deformation varied across the cities—for example, the area around LaGuardia Airport is sinking much faster than most of the rest of New York City.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
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Armond White, National Review, 14 May 2025
This sort of lens grade is highly unusual for any sort of portable projector, and should prevent such issues as yellow discoloration and deformation that can impact plastic lenses over times.
—John Archer, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Hidden cascades of seismic ice stream deformation ETH Zürich: Ice streams move due to tiny ice quakes
Avery Hurt is a freelance science journalist.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The study showed how ground deformation varied across the cities—for example, the area around LaGuardia Airport is sinking much faster than most of the rest of New York City.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deformation
Noun
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Justice Samuel Alito warned in his own concurrence against the CASA opinion being undermined by distortions of the class action and standing rules in future cases.—
The Editors,
National Review,
27 June 2025
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Trying to keep the integrity of the original, those distortions remain.—
Tim Greiving,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2025
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Her dwarfism caused a kidney deformity, and she's been in kidney failure for most of her life.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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However, severe, inflexible deformities that need aggressive bony carpentry to correct the spine’s alignment carry complication rates up to 60%, with major deformity surgeries posing a 1% mortality risk within a year.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Deformation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deformation. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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