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Synonyms for "smoke screen" in English

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smoke screen:
- smoke screen
- smoke screen; smokescreen

English

Detailed Synonyms for smoke screen in English

smoke screen:

smoke screen

smoke screen
smoke screen
- smoke screen

smoke screen [the ~] nom

the smoke screen

– an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure ¹
the smoke screen; the smokescreen
– an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure ¹
- smoke screen [the ~] nom
- smokescreen [the ~] nom
  - requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures¹
the smoke screen

– (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements ¹
the smoke screen; the smokescreen
– (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements ¹
- smoke screen [the ~] nom
- smokescreen [the ~] nom

Alternate Synonyms for "smoke screen":

smokescreen; screen
concealment; concealing; hiding

Related Definitions for "smoke screen":

an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure¹
(military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements¹

Related Synonyms for smoke screen

screen
smoke

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University