Deflect
To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.
To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve.
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Deflect Quotations
NASA will send up a big sun shade that will be in orbit between the earth and sun and deflect 2 or 3 percent of the sunshine back into space. It would be cheaper than the international space station.
James Lovelock
Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside enemy.
Mark Poster
Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.
Dan Quisenberry
Deflect Translations
deflect in German is umleiten
deflect in Latin is declino
deflect in Spanish is desviar
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