Attract.
Preoccupy means to give someone something to do that will keep them busy. An antonym would be to distract that person.What do you know? Distract!
No they don't have to it is used more as a timing mechanism for release as well as to distract the hitter.
Another word for distract is Perturb.
Distrahere - to distract
She asked me to distract him while she decorated for the party. I didn't want to distract her from studying, so I played my music very low. He told funny jokes to distract her from her troubles.
No...in fact, quite the opposite! The war in continental Europe distracted Great Britain, so Ireland used that and rebelled.
i will distract the other player so he does not make the kick
If you train them to be quiet then I think they won't distract you.
I/you/we/they distract. He/she/it distracts. The present participle is distracting.
Yes, distract does have a suffix. The suffix is -act.
A bee in the car may distract you. The new filly tried to distract the stallion's attention away from his harem.
she cuts her arm with a rock and lets herself bleed to distract Victoria.