All 9 Uses
deflect
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I Am Number Four
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- The last twenty minutes pass with Henri throwing objects at me—sometimes just allowing them to fall to the ground, other times deflecting them in a way that emulates a boomerang so that they twist in the air and go blazing back towards Henri.†
p. 297.4deflecting = turning aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
- I don't tell her how I split the dead tree's trunk straight down the middle through telekinesis, or how Henri threw knives at me that I deflected into a sandbag fifty feet away.†
p. 300.3 *deflected = turned aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
- I deflect it and lift the scout again and throw it even harder.†
p. 377.6deflect = turn aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
- I almost deflect them until I realize that it's Sarah.†
p. 377.7
- The power deflects into the trees, which dance for a brief moment like the grain in a wheat field waving in a light wind, and then they become still.†
p. 390.8deflects = turns aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
- just when I am about to deflect it, it explodes into a ball of fire, and the flames jump to me.†
p. 392.3deflect = turn aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
- I deflect it with the pocketknife but the weight of the sword snaps the blade in two.†
p. 392.9
- I try to deflect the blast but it's too strong.†
p. 394.7
- I lift my hand and deflect it away and it misses by a foot.†
p. 419.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(deflect) turn aside from a fixed direction or line of interest
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)