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deform

v. make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"

deform

v. become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"

change shape, change form

v. assume a different shape or form

contort, distort, wring

v. twist and press out of shape

distort, strain

v. alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"

flex, bend, twist, turn

v. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

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mangle, mutilate, murder

v. alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

cripple, stultify

v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

gnarl

v. twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

maim

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

obfuscate

v. make obscure or unclear

cloud

v. make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"

complicate, perplex

v. make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

consternate

v. fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion; "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated"

obscure

v. reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

misdirect, misaddress

v. put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter"

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

lie

v. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

falsify, distort, garble, warp

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

color, colour, distort

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

relax, unbend

v. make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed

v. cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"

exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth

v. thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"

give way, yield

v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

coil, loop, curl

v. wind around something in coils or loops

flex, bend

v. bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"

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form

v. assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads"

unbend

v. free from flexure; "unbend a bow"

straighten, straighten out

v. make straight

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