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deflect

Synonyms

Verb

1. debar

2. obviate, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off, prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid, bend

3. turn away, turn, deviate

4. turn, distract

5. confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off, parry

6. block, fence

Usage
NASA’s DART asteroid smash shows we could deflect a future threat - ScienceDaily
‘How dare Karla Sofia Gascón use her trans identity to deflect from racism row’ - PinkNews
Providence Falls at Georgetown, as Kim English Deflects Questions about his Status - Substack
Multnomah County Board adopts resolution recommending policies that aim to strengthen drug deflection program - Multnomah County
Trump Aides Remain Bullish Despite Rising Unemployment and Gas Prices - The New York Times
Trump continues to deflect on US' role in deadly Iran girls' school bombing as damning evidence piles up - AOL.com
Why women tend to deflect praise more than men - ABC4 Utah
Deflection as a Defense Mechanism: Why It Happens and How to Cope - Verywell Mind
Trump tries to flip the script on tariffs, Clintons try to deflect in Epstein deposition - KJZZ
City Staff Deflect Blame Away from Pure Water Before San Diego’s Big Water Rate Vote - Voice of San Diego
NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid moonlet, successfully deflects its orbit - Geo News
Proactive Customer Support in Fintech: Deflect Tickets & Reduce Churn - FullStory
AI Won’t Replace Sales Reps So Much as ‘Deflect’ Them: What Support’s 70% Deflection Rates Tell Us About Sales’ Future - SaaStr
Deflecting a deadly asteroid just got a lot less dangerous - New Scientist
Can we safely deflect a killer asteroid without making it worse? Only if we avoid the gravitational 'keyhole,' scientists say - Space
Clip: Trump's attempt to deflect focus from Epstein case - PBS
Joey Bosa's MASSIVE deflection turns over the Patriots on fourth down - Buffalo Bills
County Commissioners Criticize Deflection Center’s Results After One Year of Operations - Willamette Week
How to parry in Nioh 3: Unlocking Deflect explained - Radio Times
In Combative Speech, Trump Tries to Deflect Blame for Economic Concerns - The New York Times
Sen. Warren warns Democrats to deflect ‘too progressive’ label - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Neil Gray accused of deflecting accountability in fresh Queen Elizabeth University Hospital mould scandal - Scottish Daily Express
Trump Escalates Attacks on Obama and Clinton as Questions Swirl About Epstein - The New York Times
Reducing Jail Use through Diversion and Deflection - Urban Institute
“Sign of desperation:” Moreno attempts to deflect ICE hearing with 1980s antisemitism claims - Cleveland.com
NASA's experiment to deflect an asteroid in 2022 was successful - NewsBytes
Jump Space's first big update adds daft yet lovable deflect-o-parrying - Rock Paper Shotgun
Roy deflects in point shot from Kulak for first goal with Avalanche - Sportsnet
How Israel exploits terror to deflect attention from Gaza atrocities - arabnews.jp
Opinion | Trump allies online push misinfo about Gavin Newsom to deflect Black anger - MS NOW
London demonstration against Iran war deflected into futile appeals to Starmer - World Socialist Web Site
Lateral deflection-based optimization achieves sub-picometer detection limit - Nature
Texas officials deflect mounting questions about response to deadly flood - Reuters
Deflection Turns 10 - Police Chief Magazine
Yes, Commanders should go back to their old name. But Trump should be quiet. | Your Turn - USA Today
Former Yankees Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter deflect criticism from Aaron Boone following ALDS elimination - Yahoo Sports
RSF accused of staging arrests to deflect blame for atrocities - Al Jazeera
One big clue about what's wrong with Darnell Nurse's game and how to fix it - Edmonton Journal
Ilhan Omar says Trump attacks on Somali immigrants 'deflect attention' from scrutiny - KNKX
An inside look at Lane County's jail deflection program - NPR for Oregonians
How businesses deflect responsibilities for addressing modern slavery in their supply chains - The Conversation
Daring Deflection: A ‘Pi in the Sky’ Math Challenge – Math Lesson - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)
Was Qatar Attack Timed to Deflect Indictment News of Netanyahu’s Qatari ties? - The Times of Israel
Israel trying to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza - The Guardian
Mahomes catches his own pass off a deflection for a big TFL vs. Texans - Houston Texans
Lane County closes out first full year of drug ‘deflection’ program - Lookout Eugene-Springfield
NASCAR Rule Book update bans using hands to deflect air while driving - Motorsport.com
With Trump, Iran may have to abandon its ‘delay, deflect, deny’ playbook - politico.eu
Here’s How to Deflect a Dangerous Asteroid Without It Totally Backfiring - Gizmodo
Lessons from time-dependent deflection in record span prestressed concrete bridges - Nature
China Lies About Okinawa to Deflect Criticism of Own Rights Abuses - JAPAN Forward
Last-gasp deflected strike gives Real Madrid 2-1 win - Jamaica Gleaner
🇺🇸 TRUMP: FAKE NEWS MEDIA KEEPS BRINGING UP EPSTEIN TO DEFLECT FROM MY SUCCESS "I don't want to talk about it because fake news like you. You're a terrible reporter, and fake news like you, they just keep bringing that up to deflect from the t - x.com
Fact Check: AI image shows protester using leaf blower to deflect pepper spray - Reuters
Angelo Carusone on MSNBC: MAGA media will deflect when people start feeling negative consequences of "One Big Beautiful Bill" - Media Matters for America
Nuking Asteroids That Threaten Life On Earth May Make Them Stronger, Experiment At CERN Suggests - IFLScience
Asteroid-Deflecting Missions May Need to Hit Asteroids in the Perfect Spots to Prevent Future Collisions - smithsonianmag.com
Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee - From Detection to Deflection: Evaluating NASA’s Planetary Defense Strategy - House.gov
‘So much more they could do’: Multnomah County leaders give deflection center’s first year a ‘B’ grade - KOIN.com
In drug policy shift, people caught by police who avoid treatment will face prosecution in Multnomah County - OregonLive.com
One year later: Deflection center results a ‘low bar’ for some, a lifeline for others - KOIN.com
Taliban Members Seek To Deflect Blame For Killing Of Ex-Afghan Commander In Tehran - افغانستان اینترنشنال
EDREAMS FAILING TO DEFLECT FROM RISING LEGAL LOSSES ACROSS EUROPE FOR “MISLEADING”, “CLEARLY DECEPTIVE” AND “UNQUESTIONABLY MANIPULATIVE” PRACTICES - Ryanair Corporate
Trump tries to blame others as tensions rise around handling of Epstein case - AP News
Redirecting Chinese exports from the US: Evidence on trade deflection from the first US-China trade war - CEPR
Watch: Ishan Kishan deflects question on Kirti Azad's controversial temple remarks - India Today
Multnomah County drug deflection program placed 1 person in detox during first 3 months of this year - KGW
Landry Kiffin tries to deflect dad Lane’s LSU drama with awkward Whit Weeks TikTok - Sports Illustrated
Deny, Deflect, Deter: Countering China's Economic Coercion - CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
Elon Musk deflects question about report of drug use, family drama as Trump looks on - CNBC
Lane Kiffin’s daughter Landry tries to deflect LSU drama making fun of dad’s ‘fight’ - Sports Illustrated
AOC, Bernie deflect whether AOC will primary Schumer or not - Fox News
Dems use Epstein files to deflect, but this isn’t a ‘crisis’ for Trump, says political analyst - Fox News
Spiral phyllotaxis predicts left-right asymmetric growth and style deflection in mirror-image flowers of Cyanella alba - Nature
Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm - Newsroom | UCLA
Even the blight of more pacemakers can’t deflect from outstanding Champion Stakes clash - The Irish Times
Using air to deflect lasers - Phys.org
How to parry and deflect in Assassin's Creed Shadows - Rock Paper Shotgun
Mexican stocks deflect Donald Trump’s trade blows - Financial Times
Can we really deflect an asteroid by crashing into it? Nobody knows, but we are excited to try - The Conversation
Avatar’s Most Popular EDH Card is a Deflecting Swat Clone - Draftsim
How to deflect an asteroid - MIT News
The ‘Subway Shirt’: How Young Women Are Dressing to Deflect Unwanted Attention - Ms. Magazine
George Mitchell says he ‘declined or deflected’ meeting Epstein amid renewed Giuffre allegation - The Irish Times
Wo Long Fallen Dynasty: Deflect Difficulty Stat Explained - Den of Geek
Nuclear bombs really could deflect asteroids, lab tests suggest - Astronomy Magazine
Defiant Sakaja deflects blame as Nairobians call for his ouster after deadly floods - Citizen Digital
Q&A: How we’re gearing up to deflect asteroids that might cause Earth considerable damage - research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu
Scientists shoot lasers into the sky to deflect lightning : Short Wave - NPR
Commentary: Nuclear-armed states try to deflect the blame for their new nuclear arms race - ICAN - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Expert says space­craft could deflect asteroid that has 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 - Spectrum News 13
Under Pressure to Deal, Biogen Executives Deflect Urgency at JPM25 - BioSpace
Meplazumab in hospitalized adults with severe COVID-19 (DEFLECT): a multicenter, seamless phase 2/3, randomized, third-party double-blind clinical trial - Nature
New lightweight super material could battle bullets, deflect space debris - UW–Madison News
Water industry strategies to manufacture doubt and deflect blame for sewage pollution in England - Nature
The mechanical bull and the bulldog. - Psychology Today
NASA’s Crash Into an Asteroid May Have Changed Its Shape - The New York Times - The New York Times
Could we really deflect an asteroid heading for Earth? An expert explains NASA’s latest DART mission - The Conversation
Paintballs may deflect an incoming asteroid - MIT News
Deny, deflect, distract, confuse. Repeat. - EUvsDisinfo
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'deflect'
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Misspellings - Typos
deflectt,   delect,   deflct,   deflwct,   edflect,   deflec,   ddeflect,   drflect,   deflecy,   def;ect,   dwflect,   deflevt,   deflet,   deflecr,   defelct,   dflect,   dedlect,   deflext,   defflect,   deglect,   deflrct,   eflect,   deeflect,   feflect,   defkect,   deflcet,   seflect,   defect,   defllect,   deflecct,   defleect,   dfelect,   defletc,   delfect
Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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