All 6 Uses of
deflect
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- He was improving so fast it was quite unnerving and when Harry taught them the Shield Charm — a means of deflecting minor jinxes so that they rebounded upon the attacker — only Hermione mastered the charm faster than Neville.†
Chpt 25 *
- 'NO/' A jet of red light had shot from the end of Bellatrix Lestrange's wand, but Malfoy had deflected it; his spell caused hers to hit the shelf a foot to the left of Harry and several of the glass orbs there shattered.†
Chpt 35
- To Harry it was meaningless noise, the deflected curses flying past them did not matter, nothing mattered except that Lupin should stop pretending that Sirius — who was standing feet from them behind that old curtain — was not going to emerge at any moment, shaking back his dark hair and eager to re-enter the battle.†
Chpt 36
- He aimed a spell at her but she deflected it; she was halfway up the steps now 'Harry — no!' cried Lupin, but Harry had already ripped his arm from Lupin's slackened grip.†
Chpt 36
- Dumbledore flicked his own wand: the force of the spell that emanated from it was such that Harry, though shielded by his golden guard, felt his hair stand on end as it passed and this time Voldemort was forced to conjure a shining silver shield out of thin air to deflect it.†
Chpt 36
- 'Well,' said Harry, refusing to be deflected.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(deflect) turn aside from a fixed direction or line of interest