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This is a completely unanswerable question, as it depends on several factors: the composition of the steel in question (there are a great many different alloys that go under the colloquial name "steel"), the type of force being applied (tension, compression, etc.), the design geometries of the object in question, and the environmental factors around the steel (primarily, but not exclusively, the temperature)

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Q: How much force is required to bend or dent steel?
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