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"Turn aside"2 answers
veer4 lettersdeflect7 letters
Filled answer is this word (DEFLECT).
Definitions
impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
Word origin
From Latin deflecto, from de- (“away”) + flecto (“to bend”).
Used in a sentence
“The defender deflected the cross into his own net.”
“The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.”
“Certainly there was much in the relationship itself that, with so much energy deflected into logistic maneuvering was never […] "worked out."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Turn aside”7 letters
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