āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to deflect
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āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to change direction or turn aside, typically as a result of encountering an obstacle or external force
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bullet hit a hard surface and began to deflect.
āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ ā§ āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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āĻĢā§āϰāĻžāύā§, āĻŽāύā§āϝā§āĻ āϏāϰāĻžāύā§
to redirect focus or diverting someone's attention from a particular subject or matter
Transitive: to deflect a subject or issue
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her ability to deflect blame during international negotiations contributed to the successful resolution of the conflict.
āĻāύā§āϤāϰā§āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āώ āĻĢā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āϏāĻāĻāĻžāϤā§āϰ āϏāĻĢāϞ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϰā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to alter the course or direction of something, especially from its original path or trajectory
Transitive: to deflect sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The aerodynamic engineers worked on a wing design that would efficiently deflect air currents.
āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āĻļāϞā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāύāĻž āύāĻāĻļāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύ āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻā§ āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
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āĻĢā§āϰāĻžāύā§, āĻ āύā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to stop a person from doing what they initially intended
Transitive: to deflect sb from sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Friends and family tried to deflect him from his self-destructive habits.
āĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϤā§āĻŽ-āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻ
āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
deflective
deflector
deflect
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