Defenition of the word smoke screen

• Defenition of the word smoke screen

  • (military) cloud of smoke to obscure movements
  • an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"
  • (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements
  • an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure

Hypernyms for the word smoke screen

• • concealing
  • concealment
  • hiding
  • screen

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