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deflector

American

[di-flekt-er] / dɪˈflɛkt ər /

noun

plural

deflectors

any device or structure that serves to deflect something so as to change its course.

Example Sentences

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What Donald does, and he's excellent at it, he's the great deflector.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2023

Place shrimp on the cooking grate directly over the heat deflector plate with the lid down.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2023

He is an accomplished résumé padder, an expert with the evasive fallback answer when challenged, a skillful deflector of the awkward question, a quibbler par excellence and just stunningly self-confident.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

Also, if you don't install the plastic "air deflector" behind the back seat, which cuts some of the breeze blowing through the cabin, your passengers may wind up with some seriously big hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2016

So I tell her about Jamie instead, because it’s a good deflector.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

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