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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb deflect has 5 senses

• deflect(v = verb.social) avert, avoid, debar, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off - prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
is one way to forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• deflect(v = verb.motion) bend, turn away - turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest; Array
is one way to turn
Derived forms noun deflection₅, noun deflector₁, noun deflexion₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• deflect(v = verb.motion) Array - turn aside and away from an initial or intended course; Array
is one way to turn
Derived forms noun deflection₅, adjective deflective₁, noun deflector₁, noun deflexion₄
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• deflect(v = verb.emotion) distract - draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
is one way to confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

• deflect(v = verb.competition) block, parry - impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"
is one way to fence
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to deflect his opponent

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

deflect

angle, angle off, anticipate, arch, avert, bar, bear off, bend, bend back, bias, blunt, bow, change, chill, cool, crook, curl, curve, damp, dampen, debar, decurve, deter, deviate, diffract, diffuse, disaffect, discourage, dishearten, disincline, disinterest, disperse, distort, distract, divagate, diverge, divert, dogleg, dome, embow, estop, exclude, fend, fend off, flex, forbid, foreclose, forestall, hairpin, help, hold off, hook, hump, hunch, incurvate, incurve, indispose, inflect, keep from, keep off, loop, oblique, obviate, parry, pivot, preclude, prevent, prohibit, pull, put off, quench, recurve, reflect, reflex, refract, repel, retroflex, round, rule out, sag, save, scatter, sheer, shy, sidetrack, skew, slue, stave off, swag, sway, sweep, swerve, switch, turn, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, twist, vault, veer, volte-face, ward off, warp, wean from, wheel, whip, whirl, wind, zigzag

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deflect

Curvature

VB be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex, bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.

Deviation

VB alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend, bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.

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