Crossword-Solution: DIVERSION 9 letters, 57 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 13

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Word Word Type Definition
Diversion n. The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or
object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of
the mind from business.
Diversion n. That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind
from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime;
as, the diversions of youth.
Diversion n. The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy
from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack,
alarm, or feint which diverts.

We have 57 clues for the answer “DIVERSION”

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official detour used by traffic when a main route is closed 1 answer
distraction tactic 1 answer
a turning aside 1 answer
LOUGANIS'S CHARGED PARTICLE 1 answer
Category of many movies. 1 answer
Activity that amuses 1 answer
DEFLECTING 2 answers
ALTERNATIVE route 3 answers
divertissement 7 answers
Avocation 9 answers
A DIGRESSION INTO IRRELEVANT DETAILS 11 answers
A DEFLECTION FROM HIS GOAL 11 answers
Pastime 13 answers
Sidetrack? 14 answers
delectation 17 answers
Hobby 17 answers
Sideline. 17 answers
Disport 19 answers
outing 23 answers
Playground 26 answers
pleasure ground 28 answers
Feint 36 answers
Ruse 37 answers
Holiday __ 38 answers
Detour 39 answers
merrymaking 43 answers
illogicality 43 answers
Decoy 44 answers
deflection 45 answers
Swerve 48 answers
festivity 50 answers
good time 56 answers
Recreation 57 answers
Entertainment 57 answers
changeableness 57 answers
Hoax 58 answers
Digression 59 answers
Manoeuvre 59 answers
inessential 63 answers
Trap 66 answers
preoccupation 66 answers
mutation 67 answers
good cheer 67 answers
detachment 67 answers
Drift 70 answers
Flight 71 answers
AMUSEMENT ___ 72 answers
Interference 74 answers
bluff 74 answers
distraction 76 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with DIVERSION (5)

The tower had been consecrated to this ancient diversion from time immemorial, the western façade conveniently forming the boundary of the churchyard at that end, where the ground was trodden hard and bare as a pavement by the players.
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1992
Sending and Receiving Mail We'll make one quick diversion from being OS-neuter here, to show you what it will look like to send and receive a mail message on a Unix system.
Zen and the Art of the Internet Brendan P. Kehoe 1992
Many grand hackish projects have started as a bit of tool-building on the way to something else; Knuth's diversion was simply on a grander scale than most.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
Tars Tarkas was satisfied; here was something tangible that he could cut and slash with his great blade, while I, for my part, may say that the diversion was a marked improvement over the uncanny voices from unseen lips.
The Gods of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Fixing roulette wheels is beneath you.' I needed, I still need the diversion, the challenge, so I figured that the Feds would give me the edge I needed to make something of myself." Miles was turning red around his neck.
Terminal Compromise Winn Schwartau 1993

Quotes with DIVERSION (3)

We have to create culture, don't watch TV, don't read magazines, don't even listen to NPR. Create your own roadshow. The nexus of space and time where you are now is the most immediate sector of your universe, and if you're worrying about Michael Jackson or Bill Clinton or somebody else, then you are disempowered, you're giving it all away to icons, icons which are maintained by an electronic media so that you want to dress like X or have lips like Y. This is shit-brained, th…
Terence McKenna
The irony was that my real enemy had been there all along right in front of me. Smiling crookedly and convincing me we were friends. Trying to seduce me for the thrill of the chase. Chastising me for not trusting him that first year in the tower stairs at the Academy… Telling me he loved me. And then tossing me aside the second I jeopardized his dreams. I wasn’t what he had wanted all these years. I’d merely been a diversion in his pursuit of the crown. I never should have trusted a prince.
Rachel E. Carter Apprentice
Behind us, the man laughed. "Looks like we aren't the only ones looking for a little diversion. There's an empty office right over there, guys." Marsten raised his hand in thanks. The couple moved on. I let the kiss continue for five more seconds, then pulled away. "They're gone," I said. Marsten frowned, as if surprised-and disappointed-that I'd noticed. I tugged my hair from his hands. "Okay, coast clear," I said. "Let's go." He let out a small laugh. "I see I need to brush…
Kelley Armstrong Chaotic
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Used 5 times in crossword archives (1965–2018).