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de·form Listen to audio/dɪˈfoɚm/ verb
de·forms; de·formed; de·form·ing
: to change something so that it no longer has its normal or original shape [+ obj] The disease eventually deforms the bones. a face deformed [=distorted, contorted] by hatred [no obj] The disease eventually causes the bones to deform.
— de·for·ma·tion Listen to audio /ˌdi:ˌfoɚˈmeɪʃən/ noun, plural de·for·ma·tions
[count] skeletal deformations [=(more commonly) deformities] [noncount] the deformation of steel

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