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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
distract /dɪˈstrakt/

▶verb prevent (someone) from concentrating on something.

■ divert (attention) from something.

– derivatives
distracted adjective,
distractedly adverb,
distracting adjective,
distractingly adverb,
distractor noun.

– origin ME: from L. distract-, distrahere ‘draw apart’.

'distract' also found in these Oxford entries:

daydream - distrait - distraught - diversion - divert - gammon - put - sidetrack

Forum discussions with the word(s) "distract" in the title:

detract vs distract
distract from
distract from / get sidetracked from
divert/distract/deflect attention
repetitively and repeatedly + distract
synonyms for "to distract"

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