SMOKESCREEN

Smoke screen

A smoke screen is smoke released to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks, aircraft or ships.

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Smokescreen

Smokescreen is the name of several different fictional characters in the Transformers universes.

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smoke screen

Noun



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smokescreen

Noun

  1. Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
  2. Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
    All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.


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