Also means
to swerve, to veer
Usage Note
Dévier describes physical veering (a ball, a road) as well as figurative straying from a plan or principle. The reflexive se dévier is rare; use dévier de + noun (dévier de sa route). Related: déviation (detour, deviation) and déviant (deviant).
Examples
"La balle a dévié à cause du vent."
Natural Translation
The ball deviated because of the wind.
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