🛡️deflect (déflecter)

verb
/dɪˈflɛkt/
détourner / éviter (detourner / eviter)

Signification

to cause something to change direction; to avoid answering directly
Traduction de la signification
faire changer la direction de quelque chose; éviter de répondre directement
faire changer la direction de quelque chose; eviter de repondre directement

Phrases d'exemple

The shield deflected the incoming arrow.

Le bouclier a dévié la flèche entrante.
Le bouclier a dévié la flèche entrante.

Expressions d'exemple

deflect criticism
éviter la critique
eviter la critique

Synonymes

divert, redirect, avert, sidestep, parry

Antonymes

attract, face

Collocations

deflect attention, deflect criticism, deflect a question, deflect blame

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