1 to change direction or make sth change direction, especially after hitting sth:
[V] The ball deflected off Reid's body into the goal. * [VN] He raised his arm to try to deflect the blow.
2 [VN] to succeed in preventing sth from being directed towards you:
All attempts to deflect attention from his private life have failed. * She sought to deflect criticism by blaming her family.
3 [VN] ~ sb (from sth) to prevent sb from doing sth that they are determined to do:
The government will not be deflected from its commitments.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for deflect is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is deflect a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, deflect is tagged as verb.
Does deflect appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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