deflect
1 verb cause to change direction TRANSITIVEsraon verb
INTRANSITIVEscinn de PhrV the ball deflected off a defender scinn an pheil de dhuine de na cosantóirí
2 verb especially BOX parry blow TRANSITIVEcuir dá threoshe deflected the blow chuir sí an buille dá threo 3 verb direct criticism, attention elsewhere TRANSITIVEcuir díot aird a tharraingt dethey want to deflect attention away from the crisis tá siad ag iarraidh aird a tharraingt den ghéarchéim 4 verb discourage, distract TRANSITIVEcuir de do threoircuir de do bhuillethis didn't deflect them for long níor chuir sé sin dá mbuille iad i bhfadnothing is going to deflect me from this campaign ní choinneoidh dada mé ón bhfeachtas seo