The meaning of Deflect

verb

Turn away (one's eyes or thoughts).

Usage examples:

She averted her eyes while we made stilted conversation

verb

Turn away or aside

verb

To prevent something bad from happening; avoid

Usage examples:

The last-minute agreement averted renewed fighting., the shy man was standing before me, his eyes a…

noun

A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.

Usage examples:

A block of marble

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb

Obstruct

verb

Prevent (someone) from concentrating on something.

Usage examples:

Don't allow noise to distract you from your work

Draw someone's attention away from something

verb

To take someone’s attention away from what that person is doing or should be doing

Usage examples:

She liked to work with the radio playing and said it did not distract her., [ u ] it’s impossible t…

verb

Cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another.

Usage examples:

A scheme to divert water from the river to irrigate agricultural land

verb

Turn aside; turn away from

verb

To cause something or someone to turn in a different direction

Usage examples:

Our flight was diverted from san francisco to oakland because of the fog., the administration had t…

idiom

Remove by drawing or pulling

phrasal verb

Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

phrasal verb

To defend yourself successfully against an attack, criticism, or some other unwanted thing

Usage examples:

He’s an international celebrity with a staff to help fend off reporters., the social democrat gover…

phrasal verb

To avoid dealing with something that is unpleasant or difficult

Usage examples:

The publisher offered shareholders a special dividend to try to fend off a hostile takeover bid fro…

verb

Ward off (a weapon or attack) with a countermove.

Usage examples:

He parried the blow by holding his sword vertically

noun

An act of parrying something.

Usage examples:

The swords clashed in a parry

verb

Impede the movement of

verb

Cause (someone) to be distracted from an immediate or important issue.

Usage examples:

He does not let himself get sidetracked by fads and trends

noun

A minor path or track.

Usage examples:

The horse took a sidetrack which led uphill

verb

To direct (someone) away from an activity or subject toward another one that is often less important

Usage examples:

Rhonda was looking for an envelope and got sidetracked reading some old letters.

verb

(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.

Usage examples:

His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun

noun

A cessation of movement or operation.

Usage examples:

All business came to a stop

verb

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense