distract.
To divert the attention of.
Meaning & usage
To divert the attention of.
The crowd was distracted by a helicopter hovering over the stadium when the only goal of the game was scored.
To divert (attention).
To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin distractus, from distrahō (“to pull apart”), from dis- + trahō (“to pull”).
Drawn asunder; separated.
Insane, mad.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin distractus, from distrahō (“to pull apart”), from dis- + trahō (“to pull”).
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