Away
Away adjective - Not close in time or space.
Deflect
Deflect verb - To change the course or direction of (something).
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As warcamps are essentially decoys to lure adventurers away from the women and children, this means a lot of goblin males die to deflect danger away from their families.
Source: Webcomic / Goblins -
Bash from Skylanders can deflect projectiles by fully spinning his body and letting his tail to smack the projectile away.
Source: Spin to Deflect Stuff - An alternate version of this trope happens when a character gives advice to another, and what is seemingly a situation they want to deflect or have the receiver turn away from instead turns out to be encouragement.
Source: Berate and Switch
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