v. avert, turn away or aside, deviate, change, swerve, switch, divert, shy, veer, sidetrack; fend off The trajectory of a bullet is deflected by gravity By deflecting a bit to their left, they managed to regain their original course.
DEFLECT
Meaning of DEFLECT in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012