smokescreen
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- noun
- /ˈsmoʊkˌskrin/
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pantalla de humo
- I was hunched over a flat rock, ready to dip my arm in the creek, nudge that crawdad hideout with my hand, and watch for one to scuttle in a muddy smokescreen when my brother's voice stopped me.
Examples
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I think it's a hidden barrier sometimes; it's a smokescreen.
Academic text (2003) -
Signal all destroyers, - "Lay smokescreen and attack."
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And I also wonder how many more now see it as the smokescreen for what it was.
Blog text (5) -
The Prime Minister asks that there be no smokescreen to cover or block the assault from the television cameras.
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If you make contact, Best and his men will put down a smokescreen and then the torpedo bombers will make their runs.
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Smokescreen.
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Mutely terrified, Jamie backs away into the arms of another figure, obscured by smokescreen: the Mysterious Stranger!
Fiction book (1995) -
Our troops in the north put down a smokescreen, and under cover of it, they withdrew a little while bombers went in in three deadly waves to deliver the last aerial bombardment, and one of the heaviest of the whole campaign.
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The army deployed a smokescreen to obscure their movements from the enemy forces.
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During the battle, the soldiers used a smokescreen to hide their vehicles from enemy aircraft.
Synonyms
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1.9
A large mass of smoke in the air from a fire
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A cloud of smoke made to hide soldiers or vehicles from view
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Etymology
The word smokescreen comes from the parts smoke and screen. It first meant a 'screen' of 'smoke' used in war to hide soldiers, ships, or vehicles, so it now means a cloud of smoke made to hide movements.