Definitions for smoke screen
smoke screen

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1. smoke screen, smokescreennoun

   (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements

2. smoke screen, smokescreennoun

   an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure

   "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"

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1. smoke screennoun

   smokescreen

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1. Smoke screen

   A smoke screen is smoke released to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks, aircraft, or ships. Smoke screens are commonly deployed either by a canister (such as a grenade) or generated by a vehicle (such as a tank or a warship). Whereas smoke screens were originally used to hide movement from enemies' line of sight, modern technology means that they are now also available in new forms; they can screen in the infrared as well as visible spectrum of light to prevent detection by infrared sensors or viewers, and they are also available for vehicles in a super-dense form used to block laser beams of enemy laser designators or rangefinders.

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1. smoke screen

   A smoke screen is a cloud of smoke created to conceal military operations or actions. Metaphorically, it refers to something designed to obscure, confuse, or mislead, often by presenting misleading information or diverting attention from the real issue.

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1. Smoke screen

   A smoke screen is smoke released to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks, aircraft or ships. Smoke screens are commonly deployed either by a canister or generated by a vehicle. Whereas smoke screens would originally have been used to hide movement from enemies' line of sight, modern technology means that they are now also available in new forms; they can screen in the infrared as well as visible spectrum of light to prevent detection by infrared sensors or viewers, and also available for vehicles is a superdense form used to prevent laser beams of enemy target designators or range finders on vehicles.

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How to pronounce smoke screen?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of smoke screen in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of smoke screen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of smoke screen in a Sentence

1. Clare Mosley:

   For a British home secretary to accuse and castigate ordinary people when the facts of this incident are not yet even known is shocking and disturbing, this is not simply a careless, off-the-cuff emotional response. It is a misleading, opportunistic smoke screen concocted to deflect attention from the multiple warnings Clare Mosley has had about what was clearly going to happen at Napier Barracks.

2. Dorothea Brande:

   The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

3. Rachel Hoff:

   After the Pence announcement, I think the question is - is Trump really moderate on gay rights issues? It seems more likely his rhetoric has been a smoke screen, there's no substance behind it. By picking Pence, Trump is signaling his administration may not be any friendlier to the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community.

4. Brian Castner:

   The civilian death toll weve uncovered in just a handful of strikes suggests the shroud of secrecy surrounding the U.S. role in Somalias war is actually a smoke screen for impunity.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=smoke screen
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Smoke_Screen
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_Screen
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=smoke screen