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    She deflected the blame onto someone else to avoid getting in trouble.
    deflected = turned aside
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    We kept inching backward, dodging acid splashes and deflecting snapping heads without cutting them off, but I knew we were only postponing our deaths.  (source)
    deflecting = turning away (turning aside from a fixed direction)
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    I brace myself to deflect his hit, but it doesn't come.†  (source)
    deflect = turn aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
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    Rudy shuffled in, fired the shot, and Liesel dived and somehow deflected it with her elbow.†  (source)
    deflected = turned aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
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    There was no point in trying to deflect Winifred.†  (source)
    deflect = turn aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
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    You're deflecting.†  (source)
    deflecting = turning aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
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    He deflects all their questions.†  (source)
    deflects = turns aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
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    Nonetheless, Roy ran with his head down and one arm upraised for deflection in case another errant ball came flying in his direction.†  (source)
    deflection = the process or amount by which something is turned aside
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Those performances which had been witnessed by his fellows marched now in wide purple and gold, having various deflections.†  (source)
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    I should mention that I am a brilliant deflector.†  (source)
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    It struck Eupeithes on the cheek plate of his helmet, and undeflected the bronze head punched through.†  (source)
    undeflected = not turned aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undeflected means not and reverses the meaning of deflected. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    Here his character was firm and indeflectable.†  (source)
    indeflectable = not able to be turned aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indeflectable means not and reverses the meaning of deflectable. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
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    The completely reflective proton plane deflected all sunlight back into space.†  (source)
    deflected = turned aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
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