diversionaryadj.
Pertaining or tending to a diversion; divertive.
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diversionary1846
1846 W. S. Landor Wks. II. 179 What a farce in the meanwhile is the diversionary talk about the abolition of the slave-trade!
1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound vii. 142 Diversionary action was sometimes taken.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Nov. 677/2 The book tells the story in great detail..explaining..why the diversionary bombing failed.
1960 Times 12 Aug. 6/3 Waddington is not only a V-bomber base but a diversionary airfield for civil aircraft.
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