noun
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
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Examples
- scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists
- for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles
- drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation
noun
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
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- a diversion from the main highway
- a digression into irrelevant details
- a deflection from his goal
noun
an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
Synonyms
diversionary attack