A barrier, designed to deflect noise away from nearby houses, was erected along the edge of the freeway.
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Deflect
Synonyms for "deflect" (134 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- շեղել verb (to make deviate)
- շեղվել verb (to deviate)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отклонявам verb (to make deviate)
- отклонявам се verb (to deviate)
Catalan
2 entries- desviar verb (to make deviate)
- desviar-se verb (to deviate)
Finnish
2 entries- poiketa verb (to deviate)
- poikkeuttaa verb (to make deviate)
French
2 entries- détourner verb (to make deviate)
- dévier verb (to deviate)
Galician
1 entries- desviar verb (to make a ball unpredictable)
German
4 entries- abfälschen verb (to make a ball unpredictable)
- ablenken verb (to make deviate)
- abwehren verb (to make a ball unpredictable)
- abweichen verb (to deviate)
Hungarian
4 entries- elhajlik verb (to deviate)
- elhajlít verb (to make deviate)
- elhárít verb (to avoid addressing questions, criticism etc.)
- elterel verb (to divert attention, etc.)
Indonesian
4 entries- belokkan verb (to make deviate)
- defleksikan verb (to make deviate)
- membelokkan verb (to make deviate)
- mendefleksikan verb (to make deviate)
Latin
1 entries- dēflectō verb (to make deviate)
Malay
4 entries- defleksikan verb (to make deviate)
- memesongkan verb (to make deviate)
- mendefleksikan verb (to make deviate)
- pesongkan verb (to make deviate)
Māori
1 entries- whakangungu verb (to make deviate)
Portuguese
1 entries- desviar verb (to make a ball unpredictable)
Russian
4 entries- отклони́ть verb (to make deviate)
- отклони́ться verb (to deviate)
- отклоня́ть verb (to make deviate)
- отклоня́ться verb (to deviate)
Spanish
4 entries- deflejar verb (to make deviate)
- deflexionar verb (to make deviate)
- desviar verb (to make deviate)
- desviar verb (to make a ball unpredictable)
Swedish
3 entries- avböja verb (to make deviate)
- avlänka verb (to make deviate)
- avvika verb (to deviate)
Tagalog
1 entries- ilihis verb (to make deviate)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
A lot of people deflect praise that comes their way, because they don't know how to handle it.
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Magnetospheres — the magnetic fields around most planets — exist throughout our solar system. They deflect high-energy, charged particles called cosmic rays that are spewed out by the Sun or come from interstellar space.
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Philippine motorcycle riders wear masks to deflect vehicular exhausts in heavy traffic.
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