distract

Definition

Examples

Loud music in the hallway may distract people who are working.

Word Family

Synonyms

• divertturn aside; turn away from
• sidetracka short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

Collocations

• Easy distract someone from driving
  to distract someone from driving, meaning to draw someone's attention away from something
• Medium noise distracts employees from work
  to noise distracts employees from work, meaning to emit a noise
• Hard distract attention from core problems
  to distract attention from core problems, meaning to draw someone's attention away from something
• Very Hard cynically distract public gaze from scandal
  describing cynically distract public gaze from scandal (with cynicism; in a cynical manner)