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dérouter

French → English

verb//de.ʁu.te//

(transport) To reroute: to change the planned route of a vehicle, often due to safety or weather.

Le pilote a dû dérouter le vol commercial vers un autre aéroport à cause de la forte tempête.

(English) The pilot had to reroute the commercial flight to another airport because of the heavy storm.

On se déroute de quelques degrés pour essayer de contourner ce véritable mur de nuages noirs.

(English) We are rerouting by a few degrees to try to get around this real wall of black clouds.

verb//de.ʁu.te//

(psychology) To bewilder: to cause someone to feel confused or perplexed; to throw someone off.

Son comportement imprévisible a fini par dérouter ses amis les plus proches lors de la soirée.

(English) His unpredictable behavior eventually bewildered his closest friends during the party.

On a pris toutes les précautions nécessaires pour dérouter les recherches de la police judiciaire.

(English) Every necessary precaution was taken to throw the judicial police investigation off track.

Entry ID: fr:en:dérouter · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary