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Definition
turn aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
- Despite the ease with which actors knocked aside hurling blades in the movies, deflecting a well-thrown stiletto in real combat wasn't an easy task.Chapter 4 (35% in)
- Thomas deflected a swinging sickle as it sliced for his head, jumped his stallion over the dying horse, and whirled to meet the attacker.Chapter 3 (35% in)
- The man followed with his left fist, which Thomas also deflected.Chapter 4 (94% in)
- She was airborne and he made no attempt to deflect her blow.Chapter 5 (95% in)
- At the last moment, Justin pulled his sword up and deflected the blow.Chapter 18 (57% in)
There are no more uses of "deflect" in Red: The Heroic Rescue.
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