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US
/dɪˈstɹækt/
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[ UK /dɪstɹˈækt/ ]
[ UK /dɪstɹˈækt/ ]
VERB
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disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill -
draw someone's attention away from something
He deflected his competitors
The thief distracted the bystanders
How To Use distract In A Sentence
- The "clack" of the Nikon has created so many uncomfortable moments distracting the talent and most recently Kid Rock asked me to use a different camera. News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
- The pursuit of such metaphysical questions is just a high-minded distraction from the more pressing issue of confronting the dilemma of one's existence here and now.
- It's an evolutionary trick to distract the pursuer, much as lizards lose their tails.
- I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
- I was standing in some kind of wooded area and looking around Probably trying to find any distraction to keep me from going for my lecture and I did eventually find that tap-dancing squirrel but that's a story for another post and then somehow bits and pieces began to hit me. Archive 2005-02-01
- Cunnah is unlikely to let something like a labour dispute distract him from the job in hand.
- Only some people believe that a guy who called criticism "distraction" is a good guy. Clinton has big lead in Kentucky, Obama on top in Oregon
- A distraction may cause it to wander off into the road, with fatal consequences.
- It was an opportunity for a politician to grab some cheap brownie points without risk, because it would involve apologising for something he had no responsibility for --- a great distractor. Making Tea For Alan Turing
- Frenetic attempts to distract and comfort him may actually overstimulate him and increase his levels of arousal. Times, Sunday Times