v
(transitive) To uncover; to reveal.
n
(by extension) a fresh start
v
(transitive, figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
n
An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.
n
(sociology) The reuse of elements of mainstream media to produce a subversive message.
v
Obsolete form of discoast. [(obsolete, intransitive) To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated.]
v
To put something out of its usual place.
v
(psychology) To repress.
v
(transitive) To divert the attention of.
v
(obsolete) To turn aside.
v
(intransitive, figuratively, of an interest, opinion, or anything else) To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
n
(military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
adj
Relating to diversion.
adj
That serves as a diversion.
n
The use of diversion as a ploy to distract from an issue.
n
One engaged in diversionary, disruptive, or subversive activities.
adj
Employing the tactic of diversionism.
adj
Tending to divert; causing diversion.
adj
that has been subject to diversion
n
One who is diverted from prison.
n
(game theory) One who uses diversionary tactics.
n
(obsolete) A turning; a byway.
v
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To divert; to entertain.
n
Alternative form of diverter [A person or thing that diverts.]
n
(obsolete) Removal to a distance; withdrawal.
v
To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
v
(transitive, colloquial) To subtract.
v
To prevent from happening.
v
(transitive) To nullify a previous ruling by a higher power.
n
(computing) Software that writes over the contents or unused section of a data store to prevent recovery of sensitive information.
v
(transitive) To pay exclusive attention to.
n
(obsolete) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.
n
The action of something that recedes.
v
To divert again or elsewhere.
v
(transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
adj
(of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.
v
Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To diminish, abate.
n
(zoology, chiefly entomology) Backward motion. (Contrast promotion.)
adj
(obsolete) Repellent; driving back.
n
The act of extinguishing.
adj
Containing, or acting as, a retort.
n
That which retracts or withdraws.
adj
Driving back; repelling.
v
To pull back with force.
v
(rare) To restore to position after a dislocation.
v
(transitive) to come to comprehend; demystify.
v
(transitive, informal) To not forget; also, to remember again after forgetting.
v
To withdraw, retract (something said).
v
(transitive) To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.
v
(transitive) To reduce to zero.
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