Divert
Divert verb - To cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied.
Head
Head verb - To point or turn (something) toward a target or goal.
Usage example: after a long day at the beach, we headed the car toward home
Common collocations
| division | divert division | head division |
| team | divert team | head team |
| bit | divert bit | head bit |
| investigation | divert investigation | head investigation |
Both words in one sentence
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Minecraft includes the ability to create snow golems (basically a snowman with a carved pumpkin head), who serve as a friendly mob, throwing snowballs at aggressive mobs to divert their attention and leaving trails of snow as they walk around.
Source: Snowlems aka: Snowlem - A villainous version appears at the end of one episode of Person of Interest: The head of HR murders two people who are threatening to interfere with his plans, and then has one of his henchman shoot him in order to divert suspicion away from him.
Source: Make It Look Like a Struggle
Cite this Source
Head and Divert. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/divert/head
Divert & Head. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/divert/head>.
Head or Divert. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/divert/head.
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