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Smokescreen
noun
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Word Frequency:
0.1
Definitions
1.
noun
Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
2.
noun
Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
"All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say."
Synonyms
cover
smoke
cloak
coverage
diversion
diversionary
guise
cover-up
distraction
pretext
pretence
excuse
Rhymes With
keen
obscene
mean
byzantine
libertine
careen
lean
demean
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