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transform (verb), transforms; transformed; transforming
1. To alter or to change the disposition, character, or nature of something: After the snow fell, the little village was transformed into a picturesque place with the snow on the rooftops glistening in the sun like in a picture book!
2. To change in appearance or in shape; to metamorphose into something physically different: Caterpillars, or larvae, transform into beautiful butterflies or moths.
To change the character or personality of someone.
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boustrophedon transform (s) (noun), boustrophedon transforms (pl)
A procedure in which connections of sections are mapped in a zig-zag manner: In mathematics, the boustrophedon transform is computed by filling in a triangle in a process which maps one sequence to another.
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Protest transforms long quiescent Syrian city
transforms:
quiescent:
dissent:
defiance:
knitted into the city's fabric:
ferocious:
repression:
resilient opposition:
foreseeable future:

"Dissent and defiance in Homa, its residents say, have become knitted into the city's fabric, signaling to the government that however ferocious the repression, it will face a resilient opposition for the foreseeable future."

—International Herald Tribune, August 18, 2011; pages 1-5.
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