diversionary attack

Definitions of diversionary attack
  1. noun
    an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
    synonyms: diversion
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    types:
    diversionary landing
    an amphibious diversionary attack
    type of:
    attack, onrush, onset, onslaught
    (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
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