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" (192 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (57)
Related words (96)
Noun(20 words)
Verb(21 words)
obviateparriedparryrebuffedredirectreflect heatrefractedrefractsrepulsedricochettedricochettingscatterssideswipedsidetrackedstave offstavedswervetemporizesturnturn away
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ward off
Related word relations
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More general
14 entriesMore specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesdeflect attentiondeflect criticismdeflect heatdeflect lightdeflect particlesdeflect radiation
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- շեղել verb (to make deviate)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отклонявам verb (to make deviate)
Catalan
1 entries- desviar verb (to make deviate)
Finnish
1 entries- poikkeuttaa verb (to make deviate)
French
1 entries- détourner verb (to make deviate)
Galician
1 entries- desviar verb (to make a ball unpredictable)
German
3 entries- abfälschen verb (to make a ball unpredictable)
- ablenken verb (to make deviate)
- abwehren verb (to make a ball unpredictable)
Hungarian
3 entries- elhajlít verb (to make deviate)
- eltérít verb (to make deviate)
- elüt verb (to make a ball unpredictable)
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
2 entries- отклони́ть verb (to make deviate)
- отклоня́ть verb (to make 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
2 entries- avböja verb (to make deviate)
- avlänka verb (to make 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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