The opening of Hell itself could not successfully deflect it.

He is not obliged to testify and, if his defense team can successfully deflect the testimony of his accuser, he just may be held on the sidelines.

Kelly successfully deflected the controversy and worked on smoothing things over.

As the shuttlecraft neared the antenna, successfully deflecting the energy weapons, the Furies began to bathe it with the terror-projector beam.

The mission is intended to test whether a spacecraft could successfully deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.

On a mainline locomotive, the pilot has to successfully deflect an obstacle hit at speed; the ideal is to push it upwards and sideways out of the way.

The effectiveness of the vests varied widely-some successfully deflected bullets and saved lives, but others were poorly made and resulted in tragedy for the soldiers.

Mr. Vaezi successfully deflected the criticism, calling the meeting "absolutely correct," and adding: "It was nothing important, just a quick hello."

The bank robbers wore full suits of body armor which successfully deflected bullets and shells fired by the responding patrolmen.

This method can successfully deflect thrust through as much as 90 degrees, relative to the aircraft centerline.