diversionary attack

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsdiversion

   Broaderattack

   Narrowerdiversionary landing

Questions about diversionary attack

What does diversionary attack mean?

diversionary attack means "an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack".

What is another word for diversionary attack?

Close synonyms include diversion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.