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diversion n. [
recreation] an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "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"
. wn #2
diversion n. [
deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation] a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
. wn #3
diversion n. [
diversionary attack] an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
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