smokescreen
1. (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements • Syn: smoke screen • Topics: military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine • Hypernyms: screen 2. an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure - requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures • Syn: smoke screen • Hypernyms: concealment, concealing, hiding
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