deflect

a ploy for deflecting criticism

Our goalie deflected their shot.

the bullet was deflected harmlessly into the ceiling.

the ball deflected off Knight's body.

deflect a stream from its original course

he attempted to deflect attention away from his private life.

the compass needle is deflected from magnetic north by metal in the aircraft.

Polite but inflexible, she would not be deflected from her intention.

The bullet struck a wall and was deflected from its course.

she refused to be deflected from anything she had set her mind on.

7. The amount by which the dot deflects past the end of the screen is called the screen-overscan.

The third wind belt develops as cold polar air sinks and moves south, is deflected to the right, and is therefore called the polar easterlies.