"deflect" meaning in English

See deflect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈflɛkt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deflect.wav [UK] Forms: deflect [canonical], deflects [third-person, singular], deflected [past], deflected [past, participle], deflecting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you deflect something, you hit it to change its direction.
    Sense id: simple-deflect-en-verb-7U-aPJXd
     
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