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[ dih-flek-tid ] / dɪˈflɛk tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR deflected ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective Biology.curved or bent downward. deflexed. Origin of deflectedFirst recorded in 1820–30; deflect + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM deflectednon·de·flect·ed, adjectiveun·de·flect·ed, adjectiveWords nearby deflecteddeflate, deflation, deflationary gap, deflationary spiral, deflect, deflected, deflection, deflection yoke, deflective, deflexed, deflocculant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for deflectedThe five deflected questions about additional dates but hinted the show could tour to other markets. Monty Python—Not Dead Yet|Tom Sykes|November 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST Or the quarter inch Plexiglass might have deflected the bullets. Would It Have Saved JFK? Jim Lehrer on the Mystery of the Bubble Top|Eleanor Clift|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST I kept asking why he, a somewhat nerdy numbers guy, was such a media star, but Norquist deflected the questions. Norquist Calls Congressman's Criticism a 'Cheap Stunt'|Howard Kurtz|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST Used just “to soothe would-be emancipators while he deflected their petitions.” What Did Thomas Jefferson Really Think About Slavery?|Jan Ellen Lewis|October 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
On other arrows fired his way, I thought he deflected them pretty effectively. Michael Tomasky on Santorum’s Gay Question in the Jan. 8 Debate|Michael Tomasky|January 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST Here he deflected toward the mountains, taking the zigzag path that ran like a winding thread among the rocks as it mounted. Mavericks|William MacLeod Raine Unlike the cathode rays, they were not deflected by magnets; and neither did they seem to be reflected or refracted similarly. Invention|Bradley A. Fiske The tide of indignation in him was deflected, and he shifted his feet. The Blue Germ|Martin Swayne In fact, for all he knew, they might have deflected it several times and set it right again. Thrice Armed|Harold Bindloss Deflected from the bluff, it turns at a sharp angle to be split asunder by a low reef of rock. Down the Columbia|Lewis R. Freeman
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