Word Finder - divert

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To turn aside from a course.

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The workers diverted the stream away from the road.

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To distract.

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Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.

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To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)

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To turn aside; to digress.

The only effect of these reverses was to divert them elsewhere.

She eagerly latched on to his comment, hoping to divert her own mind to something less disturbing.

The revolt of Liege and Dinant intervened to divert his attention from the affairs of France.

A diminished supply of water at the root is requisite, so as to check energy of growth, or rather to divert it from leaf-making.

Charles de Lesseps, a victim offered to the fury of the politicians, tried to divert the storm upon his head and prevent it from reaching his father.

But neither earthquakes nor the plague, to which it was also peculiarly liable, could divert trade and prosperity from it.

A small child may be given a toy to divert attention.

The works rendered it necessary to divert the influx of the Grange from the Carron to the Forth.

In order to divert the attention of Chanda Sahib and his French auxiliaries from the siege of Trichinopoly, Clive suggested an attack upon Arcot and offered to command the expedition.

Nicholas sighed, bit his mustache, and laid out the cards for a patience, trying to divert his mother's attention to another topic.

Charles Murray divert the surplus for months.

Carmen shifted Natalie to one hip and gulped a sob as she tried to divert the flow of tears so that she could see.

On the northern frontier of the empire he kept the Avars in check by inducing the Serbs to migrate from the Carpathians to the Balkan lands so as to divert the attention of the Avars.

The solution will be to divert the canal through an existing road culvert.

The illusion is probably to divert attention away from the Oni's real body. old exorcist Oh-ho.

In addition, if a woman's body is malnourished, it will divert energy and vitamins to help the baby grow.

When counting french numbers, the cases of seventy (70) and ninety (90) divert from the norm.

The stated intentions of the new owner were to divert the public footpath.

A red herring pulled across the trail could divert the hounds onto a false path.

Spring tournament season of Charles Murray divert the surplus for months.

Right away that way into certain divert the surplus.

Forthcoming EU directives will very shortly require Wales to divert large quantities of waste away from landfill.

Footpaths The council is seeking clarification of how the Test Way will be affected by a proposal to divert the footpath at Gavelacre.

These trace metals can divert natural detoxification pathways of superoxide radicals into much more damaging radicals.

Most styles are complimentary to a specific body type, and you can also use color and patterns to divert attention away from your less than best attributes.

Maecenas endeavoured also to divert the less masculine genius of Propertius from harping continually on his love to themes of public interest.

Justinian also endeavoured, through the Christian prince of Abyssinia, to divert the trade from the Persian route along which silk was then brought into the east of Europe.

The" Vindictive,"supported by two auxiliary vessels" Iris II."and" Daffodil,"was to assault the mole on its outer and western side and by creating an impression that this was the main operation, divert the enemy's fire from the blocking ships.

Under his severe but beneficent rule, Germany enjoyed, a period of internal quiet such as she had probably never experienced before, but even Henry could not permanently divert from its course the main political tendency of the age, the desire of the great feudal lords for independence.

A small obstruction may divert the stream from one side to the other.

He also took pleasure in smoking a pipe of tobacco; or, when he had a mind to divert himself somewhat longer, he looked for some spiders and made them fight together, or he threw some flies into the cobweb, and was so well pleased with the result of that battle that he would sometimes break into laughter" (Colerus).

He telegraphed for reliefs from every available quarter, fortunately being able to divert the troops then on their way to China.

New structures and projects can divert attention away from day-to-day services.

Brush Key gets its name because Dutch engineers used brushwood to divert the mouth of the river out to sea.

The EU landfill directive aims to divert wastes from landfills and will also influence the increase in the number of incinerators.

That people are compelled to divert resources in this way is surely a moral obscenity.

Using electrostatic deflexion to divert and collect cells with one or more fluorescent labels enables defined subpopulations to be sorted.

Chicheley, by appointing a jubilee to be held at Canterbury in 1420, " of ter the manner of the Jubilee ordained by the Popes," threatened to divert the profits from pilgrims from Rome to Canterbury.

And in January 1902, reversing the policy which had its inception in the encyclical, Rerum novarum, of 1891, and had further been developed ten years later in a letter to the Italian bishops entitled Graves de communi, the "Sacred Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs" issued instructions concerning "Christian Democracy in Italy," directing that the popular Christian movement, which embraced in its programme a number of social reforms, such as factory laws for children, old-age pensions, a minimum wage in agricultural industries, an eight-hours' day, the revival of trade gilds, and the encouragement of Sunday rest, should divert its attention from all such things as savoured of novelty and devote its energies to the restoration of the temporal power.

Here the width of the tributary valley forces the main channel to divert from the main valley side.

Or, if you are vacationing in some of the most popular spots like Florida or California or on the East Coast, then divert a couple of hours to enjoy a discounted shopping experience.

It may help divert him from scratching the floor near his water bowl.

Here are some toy suggestions you can use to divert your dog from destructive behavior.

When people are afraid, their bodies divert blood and oxygen from non-essential defense organs to large muscle groups in their extremities.

Delay in the surgery leads to the frequent need to divert the urine into the bowel because the partially repaired bladder cannot control the flow.

Job skills training and meaningful employment opportunities will divert many youth from the path to gang membership.

Wavy hair is much easier to manage when layers help divert the weight and remove bulk where needed.

Don't allow the conversation to escalate by trying to convince the customer that they are mistaken or by trying to divert responsibility for the situation back to the customer.

Conrad, related by marriage to Manuel, decided in favour of the land route, which Manuel desired because it brought the Crusade more under his direction, and because, if the route by sea were followed, Roger of Sicily might be able to divert the crusading ships against Constantinople.

But neither the British nor the French could afford to divert great military resources from the main theatre of war in western Europe to the Aegean, and so the struggle for the Straits ended in mortifying discomfiture for the Allies.