4 uses
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Definition
turn aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
- I brace myself to deflect his hit, but it doesn't come.p. 57.2
- There's that net, clearly strung to deflect any such attack.p. 220.1
- Fortunately, the first knife comes whizzing in on my right side so I can hear it and I'm able to deflect it with my bow.p. 283.9
- Peeta has placed the broth pot under the worst one and repositioned the plastic to deflect most of it from me.p. 294.6
There are no more uses of "deflect" in The Hunger Games.
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