Related Words for deflected

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WordSyllablesCategories
avert
x/
Verb, Verb
distract
x/
Verb, Verb
obviate
/xx
Verb, Verb
avoid
x/
Verb, Verb
parry
/x
Verb, Verb
debar
x/
Verb, 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
deflection
x/x
Noun
evaded
x/x
Verb
dodged
/
Verb
lobbed
/
Verb
ricocheted
/xx
Verb
diverted
x/x
Verb
steered
/
Verb
bounced
/
Verb
pivoted
/xx
Adjective
redirected
xx/x
Verb
swung
/
Verb
blasted
/x
Adjective
flung
/
Verb
ducked
/
Verb
spun
/
Verb
funneled
/x
Verb
shielded
/x
Adjective
intercepted
xx/x
Verb
dislodged
x/
Verb
ejected
x/x
Verb
sidestepped
/x
Verb
hurled
/
Verb
swivelled
/x
Verb
repelled
x/
Verb
veered
/
Verb
shunted
/x
Verb
blown
/
Adjective
tipped
/
Adjective
knocked
/
Verb
grazed
/
Verb
nudged
/
Verb
provoked
x/
Verb
drifted
/x
Verb
shifted
/x
Verb
refracted
x/x
Adjective
pushed
/
Verb
retracted
x/x
Verb
countered
/x
Verb
palmed
/
Adjective
slammed
/
Verb
poked
/
Verb
tilted
/x
Verb
reflected
x/x
Verb
angled
/x
Adjective
defended
x/x
Verb
jabbed
/
Verb
flicked
/
Verb
swayed
/
Verb
misdirected
xx/x
Adjective
rebuffed
x/
Verb
counteracted
/xxx
Verb
struck
/
Verb
rebounded
x/x
Verb
channeled
/x
Verb
escaped
x/
Verb
directed
x/x
Verb
lashed
/
Verb
goaded
/x
Verb
smacked
/
Verb
reoriented
x/xxx
Verb
pummeled
/x
Verb
swatted
/x
Verb
impinged
x/
Verb
chased
/
Verb
fired
/x
Verb
propelled
x/
Verb
dribbled
/x
Verb
swerved
/
Verb
thrown
/
Verb
thwarted
/x
Verb
pressed
/
Verb
turned
/
Verb
darted
/x
Verb
spurned
/
Verb
maneuvered
x/x
Verb
caught
/
Verb
passed
/
Verb
dissipated
/xxx
Verb
batted
/x
Verb
dropped
/
Verb
swept
/
Verb
snapped
/
Verb
propagated
/xxx
Verb
backhanded
/xx
Adjective
absorbed
x/
Verb
reeled
/
Verb
vaporized
/xx
Verb
weaved
/
Verb
disposed
x/
Verb
eluded
x/x
Verb
shoved
/
Verb
oscillated
/xxx
Verb
diffused
x/
Verb
arced
/
Verb
pulled
/
Verb
protruded
x/x
Verb
rolled
/
Verb
reacted
x/x
Verb
conceded
x/x
Verb
penetrated
/xxx
Verb
whacked
/
Verb
buffeted
x/
Verb
squeezed
/
Verb
dived
/
Verb
attacked
x/
Verb
touched
/
Verb
responded
x/x
Verb
lunged
/
Verb
fended
/x
Verb
careened
x/
Verb
rammed
/
Verb
transmitted
x/x
Verb
hurtled
/x
Verb
shot
/
Noun
sputtered
/x
Adjective
fumbled
/x
Verb
tapped
/
Verb
retaliated
x/xxx
Verb
rifled
/x
Adjective
inflected
x/x
Adjective
nodding
/x
Verb
reversed
x/
Verb
attenuated
x/xxx
Adjective
reclined
x/
Verb
obtuse
x/
Adjective
inserted
x/x
Verb
abrupt
x/
Adjective
geniculate
x/xx
Noun
elliptic
x/x
Adjective
acute
x/
Adjective
halved
/
Verb
inverse
x/
Noun
prostrate
/x
Adjective
truncate
/x
Noun
strict
/
Adjective
oblique
x/
Adjective
tendons
/x
Noun
beam
/
Noun
shaped
/
Adjective
septum
/x
Noun
downwards
/x
Noun
bullet
/x
Noun
photon
/x
Noun
jet
/
Noun
flaps
/
Noun
rays
/
Noun
crack
/
Noun
strands
/
Noun
configuration
xxx/x
Noun
electrons
x/x
Noun
needle
/x
Noun
shaft
/
Noun
collimated
/xxx
Adjective
curved
/
Adjective
diffracted
x/x
Verb, Adjective
displaced
x/
Adjective
elliptical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
energy
/xx
Noun
entrant
/x
Noun
glancing
/x
Adjective, Noun
helical
/xx
Adjective
hijacked
/x
Adjective
kinked
/
Adjective
polarised
x/x
Adjective
reflex
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
skewed
/
Adjective
southwesterly
x/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
switched
/
Noun
tapered
/x
Adjective
triangular
x/xx
Adjective
unpolarized
x/xx
Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
pigeon
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
salad
/x
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dialect
/xx
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun