deflect

1. To make (something) deviate from its original path or position. (transitive)
2. To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players. (transitive) · The defender deflected the cross into his own net.
3. To deviate from an original path or position. (intransitive)
4. To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.). (figuratively, transitive) · The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
5. To divert (attention, etc.). (figuratively, transitive)
6. To redirect culpability to avoid it.

He/she/it deflects · الماضي deflected · التصريف الثالث (اسم المفعول) deflected · صيغة -ing deflecting