What is "deflecting"

Usage examples of "deflecting".

Reflectively she threw away the energy, deflecting it out across the amphitheater in gigantic dragon tongues of destruction.

Obi-Wan, out on the edge of the collection panel, hunching under a curve of durasteel that splashed aside gouts of lava, deflecting Force blasts and countering strikes from this creature of rage that had been his best friend, suddenly comprehended an unexpectedly profound truth.

She closed on the hit man and swung the machete, her blade deflecting the Bushmaster barrel to the right.

I stepped in to meet him, deflecting his attacks with wing blocks and butterfly kicks and using knee and elbows to take him down.

But Kate was between them, helping her to find the armholes, settling the coat gently on to her shoulders, nudging her towards the door, deflecting, placating.

There were trees around that were deflecting grenades we were throwing to try to get the bad guys behind the ant hill.

Thanks, also, to my own lawyers--my husband, Steve, and my son, Eric, for deflecting their minds from their own cases to brainstorm on behalf of mine.

Wulfgar had no trouble deflecting the attacks, even countering now and then with a measured jab that thudded into Heafstaag's broad chest.

Drizzt reversed his direction immediately, hoping to score a hit as the lance went past, but again Dantrag was too quick, snapping out his own sword and not only deflecting Drizzt's lunge, but countering with a slapping strike against the side of Drizzt's outstretched hand.

In a reflex action, Craig threw himself to one side, likea basket-ball player intercepting a pass, and he got a hand to the flying case, deflecting it aside so that it missed the open doorway and clattered against the bulkhead.

He dodged and parried with his own dagger, hardly picking anything off cleanly, but deflecting the missiles so that they did not, at least, catch him squarely.

I got to my knees and lifted my staff, calling together my will in time to parry the strike, deflecting the flame into the misty sky.

The sword Arcturus was scabbarded at his side, its damasked quillons deflecting the sun's rays to blinding shards.

Deflecting his existential crisis for a moment, Hamlet turns the plot on the plotters, substituting their names for his in the death warrant they carry from King Claudius.

There were pictures of thoroughbreds crashing toward finish lines, running backs smashing into end zones, soccer players making head contact with flying balls, masked goalies deflecting slap shots, a bowler goosing air with his thumb while a triangle of pins blew apart, many glossy photos of baseball greats diving at bases, fielding impossible drives, swinging blurred bats against blurred balls.