deform

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When an object is stretched or squashed — or otherwise deformed without being broken — and its features stay the same, the object is said to be “topologically protected.”

From Scientific American

If one shape can be smoothly deformed into another without doing these things, then those shapes are equivalent, as far as topologists are concerned.

From Scientific American

The resulting piece is haunting; the delicate black and white fish deformed with jarring splotches of dangling brown guts.

From Los Angeles Times

The heat has caused the earth to deform over the decades, potentially worsening cracks in building foundations.

From New York Times

Its movement can catalyze gas emissions, spur earthquakes and deform the volcano’s exterior.

From Scientific American