smokescreen
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- noun
- /ˈsmoʊkˌskrin/
- The politician's promises turned out to be a smokescreen to distract voters from his failures.
- smokescreen hiding
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Watch on YouTubeAll of this shit is just a smokescreen on their part.
- All of this shit is just a smokescreen on their part.
- So it's not that stories are a smokescreen to hide the real interests.
- But I'm arguing today that this is in fact a smokescreen for what we're really talking about.
- For Orwell, it was a means of controlling people, of creating a smokescreen.
- Yeah, because that's the perfect smokescreen.
- We we explained the risk upfront, but in this line of work, financial services work, it's a lot of smokescreen.
- It is going to jeopardize our democracy and all I have to do is hide the laptop or or by time create a smokescreen.
- It would be there as a smokescreen for them to sit behind that, you know, like the just asking questions type scenario.
- No, what this is, it's smokescreen for the resuming of a kind of on rails politics.
Examples
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Bisser may well be using this as a smokescreen, but I'm not.
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And unlike you guys, she took her religion seriously, rather than as a smokescreen to hide behind.
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So it's not that stories are a smokescreen to hide the real interests.
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Maybe the whole thing's a smokescreen.
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In reality, it is a total smokescreen meant for nothing but appearance.
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But this virus was really the smokescreen, right?
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I'm saying the real crisis, it's a smokescreen for the real crisis going on right now.
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But I'm arguing today that this is in fact a smokescreen for what we're really talking about.
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The robbery there was nothing more than a smokescreen to cover a thorough search.
Fiction book (1995) -
The assumption that it is all a smokescreen is nearly impossible to counteract.
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Synonyms
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1.3
To say something that is not true to trick someone
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3.9
An action that makes someone believe something not true
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5.5
An attempt to hide a crime or scandal from the public
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6.1
A false claim or action to hide the truth
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7.4
A false show that hides what is really happening
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7.7
A clever trick to deceive someone
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5.9
A way of acting that hides how a person really feels
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6.7
A false reason people give to hide what they really want
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6.7
A clue that leads people away from the real issue
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4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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7.4
Actions that hide the truth by making things look better
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9.5
A trick or excuse to hide the real reason
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5.1
An action or statement used to hide the real reason and distract people
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8.1
A clever trick that deceives people or hides the truth
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6.8
A false appearance that hides someone's true feelings or plans
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6.8
An attempt to hide bad facts to make something seem better
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5.0
Keeping something hidden or secret
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5.4
An obvious statement that is not true and said without shame
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9.6
Talk that tries to trick people with false statements
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9.9
To avoid telling the truth by being vague or misleading
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9.9
A trick done to cheat or fool people
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Not telling the whole truth to hide facts or avoid blame
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9.9
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
An appearance of success that hides real problems
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The word smokescreen is also used as a metaphor. Like a 'screen' of 'smoke' that hides soldiers, a smokescreen hides the truth or someone's real plans.