Related Words for deflect

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WordSyllablesCategories
avert
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Verb, Verb
distract
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Verb, Verb
obviate
/xx
Verb, Verb
avoid
x/
Verb, Verb
parry
/x
Verb, Verb, Noun
debar
x/
Noun, Verb
bend
/
Verb, Verb
deviate
/xx
Verb, Verb
block
/
Verb, Verb
draw away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fend off
//
Phrase, Verb
head off
//
Phrase, Verb
stave off
//
Phrase, Verb
turn away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
ward off
//
Phrase, Verb
divert
x/
Verb
evade
x/
Verb
deflection
x/x
Noun
repel
x/
Verb
redirect
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Verb
counteract
/xx
Verb
dodge
/
Noun
absorb
x/
Verb
provoke
x/
Verb
neutralize
/xx
Verb
suppress
x/
Verb
obfuscate
/xx
Verb
lobbed
/
Verb
attenuate
x/xx
Verb
conceal
x/
Verb
thwart
/
Verb
steer
/
Verb
disperse
x/
Verb
hurl
/
Verb
mitigate
/xx
Verb
expose
x/
Verb
shield
/
Noun
penetrate
/xx
Verb
amplify
/xx
Verb
retract
x/
Verb
dislodge
x/
Verb
discredit
x/x
Noun
negate
x/
Verb
incite
x/
Verb
neutralise
/xx
Verb
induce
x/
Verb
nullify
/xx
Verb
garner
/x
Name
insulate
/xx
Verb
minimize
/xx
Verb
downplay
/x
Verb
throw
/
Verb
forestall
x/
Verb
entrap
x/
Verb
placate
/x
Verb
push
/
Noun
refract
x/
Noun
countering
/xx
Verb
manipulate
x/xx
Verb
accentuate
x/xx
Verb
interject
xx/
Verb
insinuate
x/xx
Verb
elicit
x/x
Verb
mollify
/xx
Verb
propagate
/xx
Verb
blow
/
Noun
vaporize
/xx
Verb
exert
x/
Verb
catch
/
Noun
stifle
/x
Verb
confront
x/
Verb
smother
/x
Verb
respond
x/
Verb
generate
/xx
Verb
dampen
/x
Verb
soften
/x
Verb
dissipate
/xx
Verb
expel
x/
Verb
move
/
Noun
dismiss
x/
Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
preempt
/x
Verb
intercept
xx/
Noun
ignore
x/
Verb
pull
/
Noun
quash
/
Verb
diffuse
x/
Noun
bounce
/
Noun
direct
x/
Adjective
inflict
x/
Verb
undercut
/xx
Adjective
assail
x/
Verb
hide
/
Noun
goad
/
Noun
derail
x/
Verb
refute
x/
Verb
denigrate
/xx
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
refocus
x/x
Verb
defuse
x/
Verb
react
x/
Verb
resist
x/
Verb
dispel
x/
Verb
bombard
x/
Verb
modulate
/xx
Verb
withhold
x/
Verb
propel
x/
Verb
detect
x/
Verb
deform
x/
Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
escape
x/
Noun
sway
/
Noun
fabricate
/xx
Verb
dissuade
x/
Verb
distort
x/
Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
rebuff
x/
Noun
magnify
/xx
Verb
reorient
x/xx
Verb
withstand
x/
Verb
bury
/x
Noun
obstruct
x/
Verb
raise
/
Verb
causing
/x
Verb
handle
/x
Noun
lure
/
Noun
elude
x/
Verb
scuttle
/x
Verb
feign
/
Verb
rile
/
Noun
deny
x/
Verb
invoke
x/
Verb
defend
x/
Verb
rationalize
/xxx
Verb
allow
x/
Verb
protect
x/
Verb
displace
x/
Verb
reflect
x/
Verb
evoke
x/
Verb
disengage
xx/
Verb
impinge
x/
Verb
backhanded
/xx
Adjective
sidestep
/x
Verb
demonize
/xx
Verb
funneling
/xx
Noun
reduce
x/
Verb
retaliate
x/xx
Verb
pierce
/
Noun
obliterate
x/xx
Verb
attract
x/
Verb
ridicule
/xx
Noun
isolate
/xx
Verb
turn
/
Noun
ricocheted
/xx
Verb
incapacitate
xx/xx
Verb
poke
/
Noun
quell
/
Verb
illuminate
x/xx
Verb
rebut
x/
Verb
knock
/
Noun
bolster
/x
Noun
blasted
/x
Adjective
forcing
/x
Verb
malign
x/
Adjective
concentrate
/xx
Noun
inject
x/
Verb
extort
x/
Verb
fend
/
Verb
adsorb
//
Verb
diverge
x/
Verb
detour
x/
Noun
disturb
x/
Verb
curve
/
Noun
digress
x/
Verb
defile
x/
Noun
defy
x/
Verb
route
/
Noun
defect
/x
Noun
deflate
x/
Verb
avengers
x/x
Noun
barbed
/
Adjective
blame
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
blistering
/xx
Adjective, Noun
bypass
/x
Noun, Verb
charmed
/
Adjective
destabilize
x/xx
Verb
desultory
/xxx
Adjective
detailed
x/
Adjective, Noun
deter
x/
Verb, Noun
detract
x/
Verb
discerning
x/x
Adjective, Noun
empt
/
Verb
hijack
/x
Verb, Noun
incessant
x/x
Adjective
invidious
x/xx
Adjective
misuse
x/
Noun, Verb
mote
/
Noun, Verb
persistent
x/x
Adjective
shake
/
Verb, Noun
shift
/
Noun, Verb
sink
/
Noun, Verb
skew
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
steal
/
Verb, Noun
torque
/
Noun, Verb
transfer
x/
Noun, Verb
transform
x/
Verb, Noun
unmerited
x/xx
Adjective
unsettle
x/x
Verb
veer
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective