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Distract
dɪˈstrakt
Distract definitions
verb
distract
distracted
distracting
distracts
- prevent (someone) from concentrating on something
"don't allow noise to distract you from your work"
disturbing unsettling intrusive disconcerting bothersome confusing divert deflect sidetrack turn aside/away draw away- divert (attention) from something
"it was another attempt to distract attention from the truth"
- divert one's attention from something unpleasant by doing something different or more pleasurable
"I tried to distract myself by concentrating on Jane"
- perplex and bewilder
"horror and doubt distract His troubl'd thoughts"