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What does divert mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word divert? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
  2. (transitive) To distract.
  3. (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
  4. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress.
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But then, it's only days away from Munster's biggest game of the year and a little light relief always helps to divert attention.
No amount of muckraking or warmongering can divert attention from the mess the government will leave behind.
That's the best weapon we have against these evil people, our flat refusal to allow them to divert us more than momentarily from our daily lives.
A variation of this uses a stream of gas or liquid in the rocket nozzle to divert the exhaust flow.
The plan is to allow workers to divert some percentage of their payroll taxes into private accounts.
The only reason I've installed ad blockers is because the ads get in the way of my content or divert my attention!

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