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      distracts
      verb
      (transitive) To divert the attention of.
      (transitive) To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.
      adjective
      Insane, mad.
      Drawn asunder; separated.
      Roots
      trahotract- · Latin · draw, pull
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