5
diverting(verb, dissuading)
4
averting(verb, dissuading)
4
deviating
4
diverging(verb, adjective, diverging)
3
barring(verb, dissuading)
3
bowing(verb, bending)
3
curving(verb, bending)
3
digressing
3
dispersing(verb, adjective, divergent, diverging)
3
flexing(verb, bending)
3
refracting(verb, bending)
2
departing
2
diffracting
2
preventing(verb, dissuading)
2
restraining(verb, dissuading)
2
swerving
2
turning
2
twisting(verb, bending)
2
varying
2
veering(verb, diverging)
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