Deflect synonyms
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To change so as to be; become:
To cause to turn aside or differ.
To turn aside or cause to turn aside sharply or suddenly from a straight line, course, etc.
To turn aside from a course or direction:
veer (related)
To turn aside from a course or established direction; swerve:
To keep from happening; prevent:
(Nautical) To fasten:
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To cause to strike an object or a surface and rebound:
To collide and rebound; glance:
To direct or send on a detour.
To attract (the attention) away from its original focus; divert.
To rebound at least once from a surface.
To move or turn (something) at an angle:
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(Optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
To pivot is to turn or spin around a center point.
(Linguistics) To alter phonetically as part of a systematic historical change.
straight (related)
In a straight line or direction; unswervingly
change (related)
To transfer from (one conveyance) to another:
To deflect or ward off a thrust or blow.
(Sports) To impede an opponent.
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To exclude or shut out; bar.
To bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary; to avoid a future problem or difficult situation.
To refrain from (doing something):
cross-cum-shot (related)
rebound (related)
side-netting (related)
cross-shot (related)
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goalwards (related)
goal-bound (related)
close-range (related)
(Intransitive, literally of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
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