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Deflected

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Deflected"

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Word	Definition
distractverb	(transitive) To divert the attention of.
turn awayverb	(transitive, figuratively) To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
ward offverb	(transitive) To avert or prevent.
stave offverb	(idiomatic) To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.
avertverb	(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
fend offverb	To defend against; to repel with force or effort
obviateverb	(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
debarverb	(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.
avoidverb	(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
draw awayverb	(intransitive) To move away.
head offverb	(transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.
deviateverb	(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
bendverb	(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
parryverb	To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
blockverb	(transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
skewed	(statistics, of information) Biased, distorted
hijacked	Of a vehicle, aircraft, vessel, computer, etc.: whose control has been seized by force
divertedverb	that has been subject to diversion
distracted	having one's attention diverted; preoccupied; distrait (literary)
displacedverb	To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.