The bombing was apparently a diversionary tactic, while the Navy landed its troops ashore.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Courses can be instrumental or diversionary but not contentious.
For more than a week before the Inchon landing, the Allied forces used diversionary tactics by bombing nearby areas.
I do not propose to get involved in what is clearly a diversionary tack.
It also yields a diversionary problem of continuing interest: what aesthetically pleasing patterns can be achieved?
Sadly the Committee has been side tracked from that task by diversionary arguments about employed lawyers in criminal cases.
The success of their final run depended on a diversionary air raid.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►diversionary tactics
Most children are skilled in diversionary tactics.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►a diversionary tactic
(=an action which draws attention away from something)· Before the attack, nearby areas were bombed as a diversionary tactic.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►tactic
· Ills a diversionary tactic-she will do anything rather than finish her tale.· For more than a week before the Inchon landing, the Allied forces used diversionary tactics by bombing nearby areas.
intended to take someone’s attention away from something: Most children are skilled in diversionary tactics.