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distract(verb, disturb, confuse, discourage, deter)
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divert(verb, take, trouble, disturb, prevent)
1
abstract(verb, trouble, disturb, prevent, confuse)
1
addle(verb, trouble, disturb, confuse, entertain)
1
agitate(verb, trouble, disturb, confuse, entertain)
1
amuse(verb, trouble, disturb, confuse, entertain)
1
attract attention(verb, expression, discourage, deter, distract)
1
befuddle(verb, trouble, disturb, confuse, entertain)
1
beguile(verb, trouble, disturb, confuse, entertain)
1
bend the rules(verb, expression, idiom, discourage, deter)
1
bewilder(verb, trouble, disturb, confuse, entertain)
1
call away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, trouble, disturb)
1
catch flies(verb, expression, trouble, disturb, prevent)
1
circumlocute(verb, discourage, deter, distract, detract)
1
confound(verb, trouble, disturb, confuse, entertain)
1
derange(verb, trouble, disturb, prevent, confuse)
1
detach(verb, discourage, deter, distract, detract)
1
detract(verb, trouble, disturb, prevent, confuse)
1
disadvise(verb, discourage, deter, distract, detract)
1
discompose(verb, trouble, disturb, confuse, entertain)
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