Affect
Transform
Transform verb - To change in form, appearance, or use.
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Synonyms for Transform
Affect and transform are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Transform".
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- Some characters in The Secret World of Alex Mack are given the ability to transform/affect anything in physical contact with them as well, including their clothes.
Source: Magic Pants / Western Animation -
However, the Pokémon's friendship value doesn't affect its ability to Mega Evolve in any way; it can hate your guts and will still transform.
Source: Video Game / Pokémon X and Y -
While the zombies are being protected by solid Plot Armor (only headshots seem to affect them, and things like napalm and high caliber explosives that should transform them into liquid bits of corpses are ineffectual) armies still make bad decision after bad decision that caused the apocalypse.
Source: Militaries Are Useless
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