| deflect | impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball), as in sports or fights |
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| deflect | draw someone's attention away from something |
| deflect | turn aside |
| deflect | turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest |
| deflect | prevent the occurrence of |
| deflect | a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) |
| deflect | the property of being bent or deflected |
| deflect | the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position |
| deflect | the amount by which a propagating wave is bent |
| deflect | a twist or aberration |
| deflect | capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) |
| deflect | a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc) |