Vocabulary
Deflect
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
cause (something) to change direction; turn aside from a straight course.
Urdu meaning
مڑنا، منعکس ہونا، روکنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- It would not be wrong to assume that the minister may have wanted to deflect criticism intended for him or his government by trying to project someone else the bureaucracy in this case in an even more negative light.
- This vulnerability presents both a moral argument for climate justice and a political opportunity for elected leaders to deflect responsibility.
- However, this seems to deflect from the fact that the former PM knowingly got himself involved with an individual accused of shady business dealings and walked away with something, no matter how intangible, for himself and his wife.
- One can only describe these outbursts as attempts to deflect attention from India`s brutal oppression in occupied Kashmir.
- The finance minister, himself an appointed technocrat, may at times feel obligated to deflect responsibility from the elected government.
Synonyms
turn aside/away, divert, avert, sidetrack, distract, draw away, block, parry,
Antonyms
continue, proceed, straighten, unbend, prolong, produce
Curator example
“the bullet was deflected harmlessly into the ceiling”
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