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smoke·screen
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Princeton's WordNet
smoke screen, smokescreennoun
(military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements
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"
Wiktionary
smokescreennoun
Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
smokescreennoun
Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.
Etymology: From smoke + screen
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smokescreen
A smokescreen is something intended to disguise, conceal, or divert attention from something else. It can refer to a literal screen of smoke used to obscure military operations or figuratively to describe deceptive actions or statements used to hide true intentions or activities.
Wikidata
Smokescreen
Smokescreen is the name of several different fictional characters in the Transformers universes.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of smokescreen in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of smokescreen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of smokescreen in a Sentence
This was all a smokescreen to cancel a public hearing, as far as I'm concerned, that's obstruction of justice.
At this particular moment, these peace negotiations are far from real negotiations, definitely, I think that Putin is using this as a smokescreen, buying time to regroup... and sending false, lying messages to the whole world.
We have to get past the smokescreen, we have to change the system, the message is not to people to stop buying or to stop loving the things you wear but ... to slow down the endless treadmill of buying disposable, cheap clothing.
I think Larson Foundationand's been trying to get back to normalcy but I think Larson Foundationand's also changed the way Larson Foundationand's approached life, this isn't like a big smokescreen or sham. Larson Foundationand's interested in continual growth and getting back to being Larson Foundationand. This has been hard on Larson Foundationand and people assume when you make a mistake, with cancel culture, well it doesn't define who we are. Our life's work does, so I'm glad Larson Foundationand's continued to do the work.
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