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deflect
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▲
Verb
To turn or cause to turn aside from a course
To ricochet or glance off a surface
To repel or defend against something, typically an attack
To divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action
To avert the occurrence of by taking preventative action
To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc)
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
To speak in opposition to
Noun
An action in which one fencer forces the opponent's blade into the diagonally opposite line
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▲
Verb
▲
To turn or cause to turn aside from a course
turn
veer
bend
deviate
diverge
slew
swerve
swing
twist
wind
curve
divert
redirect
wheel
whip
drift
sidetrack
whirl
disperse
hook
pivot
refract
sheer
shy
slip
turn aside
alter course
change course
turn away
change direction
volte-face
shift
detour
switch
incline
curl
bow
skew
transfer
turn off
arch
weave
crook
depart
digress
angle
move
swivel
zigzag
bear
yaw
avert
loop
sway
angle off
warp
contort
arc
flex
change
tilt
deform
reorient
meander
career
snake
buckle
incurvate
careen
waver
pass
cut
alter
crimp
branch off
lean
droop
be deflected
dip
make a right
make a left
reroute
head
relay
divagate
coil
distort
tack
round
sweep
sheer off
turn to one side
channel
turn from
trend
inflect
go off course
modify
offlead
ricochet
crinkle
train off
get around
go around
channel away
head off
draw away
diffract
make crooked
make curved
fall off
change the course of
reverse
convert
stoop
verge
recoil
focus
corner
rechannel
pass around
direct
set
alternate
take a bend
return
backslide
retrace
revert
hang a right
hang a left
shunt
rearrange
turnabout
angle away
steer
change around
change over
chop and change
slant
slope
tip
list
heel
pervert
cant
bank
pitch
bias
put
decline
roll
bend forward
sink
be slanted
be at an angle
nod
bend over
beetle
overhang
sag
stray
wander
roam
vary
move away
vacillate
tend
evolve
run
morph
transform
go
fluctuate
metamorphose
get sidetracked
ramble
progress
transmogrify
mutate
break
part
modulate
zag
zig
bear off
gravitate
take a turn
leave beaten path
slue
differ
lead
fork
aberrate
spiral
skid
maunder
excurse
wander away
back
snap
lurch
remove
proceed
derogate
turn sharply
extend
make
straggle
camber
flow
be
lie
abandon
desert
load
sidestep
sideslip
jackknife
bulge
undulate
swell
swing over
depart from
get off course
veer off
slither
corkscrew
gyrate
concave
wreathe
incurve
convex
turn round
convolute
screw
put about
point
twist and turn
come about
go about
wrap around
more ❯
“All free-moving objects seem to
deflect
from a straight-line path because the earth rotates under them.”
Verb
▲
To ricochet or glance off a surface
rebound
ricochet
glance
bounce
bounce off
glance off
reflect
carom
recoil
skim
boomerang
skip
graze
kiss
skip off
skim off
return
backfire
boing
echo
bounce back
spring back
kick back
snap back
resile
spring
resound
jump back
come back
reverse
redound
misfire
bob
vault
bump
backlash
buck
trampoline
strike
careen
snap
fly back
cannon
fly
kick
dart
be deflected
“There was a large tree hanging over it, and to play it well you had to figure out which way the ball would
deflect
off the branches.”
Verb
▲
To repel or defend against something, typically an attack
block
repel
stop
parry
prevent
fend off
hold off
stave off
ward off
keep off
turn away
defend against
draw away
repulse
keep at bay
avert
turn aside
rebuff
resist
hold at bay
fight off
discourage
rebut
protect against
drive back
keep away
obstruct
intercept
send packing
put to flight
chase away
beat back
deter
avoid
beat off
keep at a distance
keep at arm's length
counter
bypass
anticipate
fence
shield yourself from
turn back
push back
hold back
defend
check
drive away
fight back
guard
screen
bulwark
keep
ward
forfend
fend
thrust back
foil
brush off
frustrate
oppose
defend yourself
see off
defend oneself against
shield against
retaliate
guard against
put up a fight
safeguard against
force back
secure against
stand up for
head off
knock down
drive off
force off
stand off
force away
nix
set back
protect
shield
safeguard
secure
cover
more ❯
“They wore mirrored armor that would
deflect
a number of shots until the enamel wore off and only plain steel lay beneath.”
Verb
▲
To divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action
divert
digress
sidetrack
distract
divagate
redirect
get off the subject
stray from the point
stray from the subject
deviate from the topic
get off the point
wander
get sidetracked
get off the track
go off on a tangent
go off at a tangent
lose the thread
stray
excurse
deviate from the point
depart from the point
“There are times when you may have to
deflect
questions that are too sensitive or personal.”
Verb
▲
To avert the occurrence of by taking preventative action
avert
prevent
forestall
stop
preclude
obviate
foil
avoid
deter
halt
frustrate
help
forfend
divert
shunt
stave off
ward off
head off
fend off
nip in the bud
rule out
shove aside
hinder
block
thwart
circumvent
impede
obstruct
hold off
hold back
evade
inhibit
defend against
restrict
check
escape
defeat
baulk
UK
intercept
balk
US
beat
bar
ruin
upset
hamper
delay
debar
forefend
keep at bay
free
spare
reprieve
absolve
dispense
exempt
discharge
dodge
save
duck
parry
dash
discomfit
fend
checkmate
pre-empt
disappoint
arrest
preempt
skirt round
baffle
interrupt
curb
oppose
cramp
counter
derail
commandeer
anticipate
stymie
get out of
be early
prohibit
put paid to
bypass
pick off
beat someone to the punch
beat someone to the draw
second-guess
get ahead of
steal a march on
act in advance of
be one step ahead of
prepare for
get in before
beat someone to it
cut off
head off at pass
provide against
stand in the way of
circumnavigate
nullify
counteract
scotch
overturn
interfere with
steer clear of
crimp
sidestep
retard
interdict
skirt
limit
restrain
disrupt
repress
crash
keep lid on
trammel
wreck
put the stopper on
stall
shut out
take down
scupper
stump
do for
ditch
take wind out of
stonewall
outwit
juke
spoil
put the kibosh on
unsettle
more ❯
Verb
▲
To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc)
parry
evade
dodge
avoid
sidestep
duck
elude
shun
shirk
circumvent
field
forestall
steer clear of
answer evasively
fence off
fend off
fight shy of
escape
eschew
scape
get around
bypass
shake
finesse
miss
funk
cut
cheat
get out of
skirt round
duck-shove
weasel out of
cop out of
wriggle out of
skive off
shuffle out of
slough off
slide out of
shuffle off
body-swerve
skulk
avert
divert
fend
pussyfoot
malinger
goldbrick
slip
neglect
quit
fence
forget
bludge
dog
pay no attention to
run away from
be lax about
leave something undone
not attend
not attend to
lose sight of
shrink from
play truant from
pay little attention to
skimp on
let something slide
be remiss about
lie down on job
duck out of
skirt
beat
shortcut
bilk
skive
tergiversate
juke
decline
tergiverse
back out of
give something a miss
get away from
short-circuit
pussyfoot around
find a way out of
go around
skip
outmanoeuvre
UK
give a wide berth to
outmaneuver
US
find a way round
shy from
stay away from
keep clear of
dance around
outflank
shake off
turn back on
get round
renounce
turn your back on
have nothing to do with
pass over
circumnavigate
foil
thwart
ignore
dismiss
stymie
prevent
disregard
burke
keep one's distance from
refrain from
renege
give the slip to
check
keep away from
take no notice of
keep off
dispense with
abstain
shy away from
recoil from
abandon
skirt around
skip out on
abstain from
forgo
kick
skim over
gloss over
escape from
give the slip
stay clear of
give up
pull out of
jouk
find a loophole
brush off
stay shy of
balk at
keep at arm's length
defeat
overlook
discount
frustrate
outwit
leapfrog
duck out of the way of
swerve away from
get out of the way of
have no part of
turn away from
baffle
baulk
UK
overcome
deke
balk
US
be oblivious to
pay no heed to
lay low from
pay no mind
unmind
unheed
turn a blind eye to
tune out
wriggle
shirk from
sham
fake
tap dance around
talk around
end-run
swerve
extricate oneself from
get past
ditch
avoid dealing with
desert
backpedal
welsh
revoke
withdraw
fudge
weasel
find a way around
work around
hide from
cop out
excuse
fake out
back out
wink at
blink at
back down
back off
weasel out
get out
be absent from
blow off
run away
take back road
depart from
deviate from
go around the barn
stop
take fright
wuss out
flinch from
baulk at
chicken out of
turn tail
strafe
stay away
forbear
steer clear
preclude
restrain from
withstand
desist
resist
shut eyes to
ward off
keep from
break the habit of
help
neutralise
UK
forbear from
hold off
abjure
forswear
move from side to side
move sideways
skate over
fail to deal with
relinquish
repudiate
spurn
sacrifice
forsake
reject
disavow
hinder
interfere with
head off
stave off
negate
make up for
nullify
obviate
neutralize
US
block
impede
counterbalance
prohibit
arrest
counteract
anticipate
deny
disclaim
disdain
drop
abnegate
abdicate
refrain
gainsay
shy
disaffirm
withhold from
desist from
refuse
deny oneself
leave off
do without
renege on
not touch
let well enough alone
have no truck with
pack in
jack in
swear off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
distract
divert
sidetrack
abstract
detract
mislead
throw off
turn aside
unbalance
draw away
put off
turn away
call away
lead away
cause to lose concentration
lead astray
call off
shift
avert
head off
be a distraction
attract attention
shift one's attention
deflect one's attention
send on a wild-goose chase
draw one's attention away
bend the rules
put someone off their stride
put someone off their stroke
cause someone to lose their concentration
disturb someone's concentration
divert someone's attention
Verb
▲
To speak in opposition to
counter
rebut
answer
argue
retort
dispute
refute
respond
backtalk
confute
controvert
cross
gainsay
question
contradict
debate
challenge
contest
disconfirm
disprove
negative
thumbs down
have bone to pick
shoot full of holes
blow sky high
render null and void
deny
negate
oppose
repudiate
debunk
disavow
disclaim
reject
discredit
disaffirm
invalidate
disown
disallow
shoot down
contravene
quash
disagree with
explode
shoot down in flames
confound
belie
declare untrue
prove false
prove wrong
impugn
break
falsify
disagree
dissent from
call in question
give the lie to
blow sky-high
drive a coach and horses through
blow out of the water
oppugn
query
traverse
nullify
cancel
address
rebuff
demolish
crush
contend
destroy
undermine
fly in the face of
doubt
cancel out
disbelieve
overthrow
squelch
argue against
disacknowledge
take back
make a nonsense of
tear down
object to
call into question
show up
declare to be untrue
not buy
take a stand against
give thumbs down to
show to be false
take exception to
prove to be wrong
take issue with
protest against
show to be wrong
prove to be false
forswear
discuss
resist
annihilate
fight
withstand
buck
combat
confront
go against
counteract
naysay
reverse
refuse to accept
give lie to
moot
examine
say the opposite of
argue with
altercate
bandy
canvass
brush aside
canvas
wrangle
silence
pettifog
expose
counterclaim
argue about
contend over
overturn
pick a bone
dissent against
quibble over
put up argument
hammer away at
differ with
quibble about
agitate against
defeat
pick an argument with
wonder about
argue the pros and cons of
have an argument about
bandy words concerning
parry
reply to
defend against
retaliate against
plead against
defend oneself against
impeach
interrogate
inquire
US
denounce
litigate
test
investigate
remonstrate
accost
enquire
UK
call out
demur against
call one's bluff
disapprove of
demur about
be a dissenter from
throw down
retract
recant
backpedal
spurn
withsay
bust
knock the bottom out of
be at odds with
raise doubts about
cast doubt on
discount
puncture
weaken
deflate
find unfounded
throw out
poke holes in
blow up
set aside
deceive
compromise
counterbalance
ridicule
squash
prove unsound
undo
vanquish
subvert
conflict with
discard
call in
run counter to
show in its true light
prove impossible
put paid to
pick holes in
bring to naught
put down
knocks props out from under
shut up
attack
criticize
US
cut down to size
render meaningless
put an end to
shoot holes in
knock props out
knock bottom out of
criticise
UK
do for
pooh-pooh
uncover
unmask
take issue
put under suspicion
poke full of holes
shake one's faith in
nail
set straight
throw light on
catch out
suspect
mistrust
distrust
misdoubt
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
raise objections to
express suspicions about
cast doubt upon
have reservations about
cast aspersions on
express reservations about
throw doubt on
entertain doubts about
harbour reservations about
have suspicions about
puzzle over
feel uneasy about
more ❯
Noun
▲
An action in which one fencer forces the opponent's blade into the diagonally opposite line
liement
bind
block
lie
parry
repulse
thrust
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