smoke screen

smoke screen or smoke·screen (sm

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1. A mass of dense artificial smoke used to conceal military areas or operations from an enemy.

2. An action or statement used to conceal actual plans or intentions.

smoke screen

1. (Military) Military a cloud of smoke produced by artificial means to obscure movements or positions

2. something said or done in order to hide the truth

A cloud of smoke used to conceal ground maneuver, obstacle breaching, recovery operations, and amphibious assault operations as well as key assembly areas, supply routes, and logistic facilities.

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Noun	1.	smoke screen - (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements smokescreen screen - a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame; "they put screens in the windows for protection against insects"; "a metal screen protected the observers" armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	2.	smoke screen - an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures" smokescreen concealing, hiding, concealment - the activity of keeping something secret

Translations

smoke screen n (Mil) (fig) → cortina fumogena

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Throwing a Smoke Screen By this, we are talking about misguiding or misdirecting your audiences to something which is in fact a smoke screen.

Learn Easy Mentalism Tricks by Cheri Brennan / Arts and entertainment industries community

When we clear the media smoke screen around her death, what we're left with is a woman who represented all that's paltry and wretched about Britain today.

Jade gran's anger over Parky rant; CONTROVERSY by The Mirror (London, England)

International law allows the use of white phosphorous, which ignites upon contact with oxygen and burns at extremely high temperatures, to be used on open battlefields to create a smoke screen to obscure troop movements.

Israeli army denies charges over phosphorous use by AFP / AFP Global Edition