divert
/daɪˈvɜːt/ verbDefinition
› [T] to send someone or something somewhere different from where they were expecting to go: The plane was diverted to Stansted because of engine trouble. The police were diverting traffic away from the town.
divert sb's attention/thoughts, etc › to take someone's attention away from something
(Definition of divert verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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