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Smoke screen   /smoʊk skrin/   Listen
Smoke screen

noun
1.
(military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements.  Synonym: smokescreen.
2.
An action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure.  Synonym: smokescreen.





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... Brigadier, who said that things were going well, but asked for some additional Artillery support for his left flank on the other side, and, if possible, for an enemy Battery, which he thought was near Susegana Castle, to be knocked out. I looked across the river and saw the dense white smoke screen which our Field Guns were putting up to cover ...
— With British Guns in Italy - A Tribute to Italian Achievement • Hugh Dalton


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