HyperDic: diversionary_attack

English > 1 sense of the expression *diversionary attack*:
NOUN	act	diversionary attack, diversion	an attack calculated to draw enemy / enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

English > *diversionary attack*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	An attack calculated to draw enemy / enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack.
Synonym	diversion
Narrower	diversionary landing	An amphibious diversionary attack
Broader	attack, onslaught, onset, onrush	(military) an offensive against an enemy / enemy (using weapons)
Spanish	distracción