deflected
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Origin:
1545–55; < Latin dēflectere to bend down, turn aside, equivalent to dē- de- + flectere to bend, turn
1545–55; < Latin dēflectere to bend down, turn aside, equivalent to dē- de- + flectere to bend, turn
Related forms
de·flect·a·ble, adjective
de·flec·tor, noun
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deflect (dɪˈflɛkt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to turn or cause to turn aside from a course; swerve | |
| [C17: from Latin dēflectere, from flectere to bend] | |
| de'flector | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
deflect
1550s, from L. deflectere "to bend aside or downward," from de- "away" + flectere "to bend." Originally transitive, the intrans. sense is first recorded 1640s.
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Example sentences
Little events deflected him enormously: a mistake someone made while diluting an herbicide, a flyer received in the mail.
One by one, they picked off the bots, and by dawn they had deflected the attackers.
By fiddling with currencies, however, the adjustments needed are being deflected.
The magnetic field deflected the particles, creating a small bubble of safety.
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