divert
verb
[ dʌɪˈvəːt ]
• cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another.
• "a scheme to divert water from the river to irrigate agricultural land"
Similar:
reroute,
redirect,
change the course of,
draw away,
turn aside,
head off,
deflect,
avert,
transfer,
channel,
• draw (the attention) of someone from something.
• "public relations policies are sometimes intended to divert attention away from criticism"
Origin:
late Middle English: via French from Latin divertere, from di- ‘aside’ + vertere ‘to turn’.
