verbbriathar1cause to change directiontransitiveaistreachsraonverbcmuintransitiveneamhaistreachscinn dePhrVcmuthe ball deflected off a defenderscinn an pheil de dhuine de na cosantóirí2 especially boxingdornálaíochtparry blowtransitiveaistreachcuir dá threoshe deflected the blowchuir sí an buille dá threo3direct criticism, attention elsewheretransitiveaistreachcuir díotcmuaird a tharraingt dethey want to deflect attention away from the crisistá siad ag iarraidh aird a tharraingt den ghéarchéim4discourage, distracttransitiveaistreachcuir de do threoircuir de do bhuillethis didn't deflect them for longníor chuir sé sin dá mbuille iad i bhfadnothing is going to deflect me from this campaignní choinneoidh dada mé ón bhfeachtas seo