She could divert herself from the anxieties.
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Divert
//daɪˈvɜːt//
Synonyms for "divert" (143 found)
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Verb(1 words)
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9 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 17 languages.
Azerbaijani
4 entries- kənara çəkmək verb (turn aside)
- qırağa çəkmək verb (turn aside)
- tərəfə çəkmək verb (turn aside)
- yayındırmaq verb (distract)
Bulgarian
4 entries- забавлявам verb (entertain)
- отвличам verb (distract)
- отклонявам verb (turn aside)
- развличам verb (entertain)
Catalan
1 entries- desviar verb (turn aside)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 轉向 /转向 verb (turn aside)
- 轉移 /转移 verb (distract)
- 遣悶 /遣闷 verb (entertain)
Finnish
4 entries- harhauttaa verb (distract)
- hämätä verb (distract)
- kääntää verb (turn aside)
- ohjata verb (turn aside)
French
2 entries- divertir verb (entertain)
- dévier verb (turn aside)
German
4 entries- ablenken verb (distract)
- umleiten verb (turn aside)
- umlenken verb (turn aside)
- unterhalten verb (entertain)
Greek
3 entries- αποσπώ verb (distract)
- διασκεδάζω verb (entertain)
- εκτρέπω verb (turn aside)
Ido
3 entries- amuzar verb (entertain)
- distraktar verb (distract)
- distraktar verb (entertain)
Interlingua
3 entries- deviar verb (turn aside)
- distraher verb (distract)
- diverter verb (entertain)
Italian
4 entries- deviare verb (turn aside)
- distrarre verb (distract)
- distrarsi verb (entertain)
- divertirsi verb (entertain)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- ī verb (turn aside)
Latin
1 entries- diverto verb (turn aside)
Māori
2 entries- whakahipa verb (turn aside)
- whakapeau verb (turn aside)
Russian
4 entries- забавля́ть verb (entertain)
- отвести́ verb (turn aside)
- отвле́чь verb (distract)
- отвлека́ть verb (distract)
Spanish
4 entries- desorientar verb (distract)
- despistar verb (distract)
- destantear verb (distract)
- desviar verb (turn aside)
Swedish
1 entries- avleda verb (distract)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
It was not done by a German. The A, if you noticed, was printed somewhat after the German fashion. Now a real German invariably prints in the Latin character, so that we may safely say that this was not written by one, but by a clumsy imitator who overdid his part. It was simply a ruse to divert inquiry into a wrong channel.
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Don't let them divert you from your purposes.
Source: tatoeba (6326696)
Sami tried to divert suspicion.
Source: tatoeba (6717930)
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