deform

Yield strength describes how much stress a material can withstand before it begins to deform permanently.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

Defensive wars don’t merely protect states, they also deform them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

Because touchdown airbursts often fail to deform the landscape in lasting ways, confirming their occurrence is much more difficult.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2025

"Without atom motion you have a hard time having the material be able to deform and return," says Dr Padula.

From BBC ● May 12, 2025

He felt naked, transparent; he felt that this white man, having helped to put him down, having helped to deform him, held him up now to look at him and be amused.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

This alloy softens and deforms at relatively low temperatures — around 500 F — well below the intensity of a typical house fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

"The patch deforms in a way very similar to your own skin," Xiao said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024

Peanut butter can be poured into its container and then it deforms, or takes the shape of that container.

From Scientific American ● May 9, 2023

Magma forcing its way through rock generates distinctive types of earthquakes, deforms the land as it ascends and unleashes noxious gases.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022

We all make the food we feed on; nor is jealousy, the green-eyed monster, the only wretch who discolours and deforms.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson

"A planet caught in resonance finds its orbit deformed to higher and higher eccentricities, precessing faster and faster while staying in tune with the orbit of the binary, which is shrinking," Touma said.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026

More than a dozen countries took part in the weeks-long search for the vessel, which was eventually located a year later by a private British marine robotics firm, its hull dented and deformed.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

There was the Picasso of late-19th-century realism; the Picasso of angular, broken-down Cubist shapes; the Picasso of playfully deformed portraits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Further investigation revealed that eight frames, the ribs of the ship's structural skeleton, were deformed and that more steel replacement was required.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

Two seasons later, large branches on these trees had died, others were without leaves, and the deformed, weeping effect of whole trees persisted.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

A spokesman for Poland's long-distance rail operator, PKP Intercity, told AFP the heatwave was expected to affect traffic, with overhead power lines sagging and rails deforming.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Vidale said it’s likely the outer core is deforming the shape of the inner core, pushing it a kilometer or two in areas where they rub together with force.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025

Low-pressure environments are generally unfavorable for microbes, since these conditions will cause the water in cells to evaporate, deforming their structure.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2024

Moreover, deforming any material requires energy, which thus impedes large deformations.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

He saw Jan as though someone had performed an operation upon his eyes, or as though someone had snatched a deforming mask from Jan’s face.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright