deflector

American  

[di-flekt-er] / dɪˈflɛkt ər /

noun

plural

deflectors

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

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Example Sentences

SpaceX also said it made “significant reinforcements” of the launch pad’s foundation and added a flame deflector intended to prevent future launch pad damage.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Salon

Using carefully placed electric fields generated by deflectors, they controlled the incident energies of the charged particles.

From Science Daily

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

From Washington Times

The pair then go after Gideon, which requires them to pass through multiple deflector shields, guarded by troopers with increasingly more powerful weaponry.

From New York Times