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  1. (transitive) To divert the attention of.
The crowd was distracted by a helicopter hovering over the stadium when the only goal of the game was scored.
Translations: 
  • German: ablenken
Etymology: From Latin distrahere, "to pull apart", from dis-Latin, dis-, + trahere, "to pull".

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