deflect
def
ˈdÉĒf
dif
lect
lɛkt
lekt
/dÉĒflˈɛkt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "deflect"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to change direction or turn aside, typically as a result of encountering an obstacle or external force
Intransitive
to deflect definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bullet hit a hard surface and began to deflect.
āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧁āϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to redirect focus or diverting someone's attention from a particular subject or matter
Transitive: to deflect a subject or issue
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her ability to deflect blame during international negotiations contributed to the successful resolution of the conflict.
āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§‹āώ āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĢāϞ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to alter the course or direction of something, especially from its original path or trajectory
Transitive: to deflect sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The aerodynamic engineers worked on a wing design that would efficiently deflect air currents.
āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ⧀āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāύāĻž āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stop a person from doing what they initially intended
Transitive: to deflect sb from sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Friends and family tried to deflect him from his self-destructive habits.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽ-āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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