Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.
Draw someone's attention away from something.
Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest.
Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
1 Government officials, seeking to deflect attention, turned down a chance to comment.
2 At that moment I hadn't the energy to deflect talk of cohabitation.
3 Nothing can deflect the moral weight which Banks brings to the story.
4 Markets expect further action in 2014, something Draghi did nothing to deflect .
5 You know the ones, the small ones that deflect things from above.
6 Nearly three minutes later, Patrick used his stick to deflect Manning's shot.
7 That way, you can deflect all criticism until the expert makes recommendations.
8 Stastny turned his right skate blade to deflect the puck past Neuvirth.
9 An attempt to lessen her own guilt and deflect blame onto you.
10 Stimpson is making these allegations to deflect attention from his own misconduct.
11 ByteDance and TikTok have managed to deflect calls to testify before lawmakers.
12 Roran lifted his hammer and barely managed to deflect the razor-sharp blade.
13 The puck appeared to deflect off Pittsburgh's Brian Dumoulin and past Murray.
14 Use your wrists to generate bat-speed and deflect the ball into gaps.
15 With an easterly tending, they deflect north and south, following the sun.
16 That is why it is trying to deflect you from your destiny.
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