Deflect
Deflect verb - To change the course or direction of (something).
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Head
Head verb - To point or turn (something) toward a target or goal.
Usage example: after a long day at the beach, we headed the car toward home
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Either they wore hats out of leather, or metal helmets that deflect sword blows away from the head (standards varied depending on what the Viking could afford).
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Up at the heavy weight class, even the head armor of a Gear could deflect machine gun fire.
Source: No Sell - Still, if you level up right, you can Force-stun enemy Force users and while they're unable to deflect your blasters, simply shoot them in the head.
Source: Hit-and-Run Tactics
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