unbends

present tense third-person singular of unbend
as in straightens
to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls the new highway will largely unbend that twisting path that the old road used to follow

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straightens
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  • Just before touching down, DART performs a pitch-leveling maneuver, which straightens its flight angle and ensures all four legs make even contact.
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“Unbends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbends. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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