DIVERSIONARY ATTACK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

Synonyms:

diversion; diversionary attack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("diversionary attack" is a kind of...):

attack; onrush; onset; onslaught ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diversionary attack"):

diversionary landing (an amphibious diversionary attack)