deflected

verb

past tense of deflect
as in swung
to change the course or direction of (something) the wind deflected the Frisbee just as I was about to lunge for it

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Recent Examples of deflected Rompola’s first opportunity to kill the whitetail failed when his arrow was deflected. — Richard P. Smith, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026 Mauricio Dubon’s ground ball up the middle was deflected by a diving Betts right to Edman at second base to start an inning-ending double play. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026 Purdy later got intercepted by safety Marques Sigle on a high pass deflected by Demarcus Robinson’s outstretched hand. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Ryder Ajeto’s first touch in the box was deflected by a Florida defender, but Ajeto followed the ball and scored from eight yards to produce the final 3-1 margin. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 Griezmann back-heeled a shot that was deflected and then tapped in the loose ball to give Orlando City a 2-1 lead in the 81st. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 Smith connected with six different receivers on his seven passes, completing all of them (one was deflected and landed in left guard Dylan Parham’s hands). — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026 Washington also scored on a Dylan Crews RBI double in the fifth that deflected off the glove of a diving Esteury Ruiz in shallow right-center field. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026 The operational metrics, adoption and tickets deflected stats sit with IT or the business unit, while finance owns the financial side. — Mark Tauschek, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deflected
  1. swung
  2. turned
  3. whipped
  4. diverted
  5. redirected
Verb
  • Instead, the chief executive said Hilton's middle- and upper-middle segments have swung from posting negative numbers to growing at rates as high as 6%.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The bond market swung Friday as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of swung
Verb
  • The last act before festival founder Olivia Rodrigo, Roan turned it out with all of her powers—bolstered by a bold and bitchy, razor-sharp bob.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The maps revealed that a chronic problem had turned critical.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of turned
Verb
  • Cheese foam is a smooth and slightly salty whipped foam topping popular in boba drinks.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Outside a fierce storm lashed down, wind whipped against the wood planks, thunder shook the ground, water streamed through cracks and floated into the shack.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • Medical experts say the uproar has diverted focus from an exploding public health threat.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Tax allocation districts are designated areas where a certain amount of property tax revenue growth is diverted away from governments and used to fund specific improvements within that district.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of diverted
Verb
  • Russia’s war in Ukraine has brought on new threats, from Ukrainian cyber, drone, and missile attacks on space industry infrastructure to personnel and funding redirected from the Russian space program to support the war effort.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Time saved that is never redirected becomes organizational slack, and slack is invisible in financial statements.
    — Emily Lewis-Pinnell, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of redirected

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“Deflected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deflected. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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