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divert

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﹒To cause someone or something to change course or turn from one direction to another.

﹒To distract someone from something by providing entertainment or amusement.

﹒To reallocate resources or funds from one purpose to another.

Examples

﹒The police had to divert traffic to a side street because of the accident.

﹒He tried to divert the conversation away from his recent failure.

﹒The new canal was built to divert water from the river to the parched farmland.

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