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smokescreen
noun as in action to confuse or conceal
Strongest match
Example Sentences
Jacobovici and Wilson argue that the use of the names Joseph and Aseneth is a smokescreen.
Why bring up pensions at all—except as a smokescreen, and a transparent one at that?
After all, the publicly available information was a carefully designed smokescreen.
The fuss over Clint Eastwood is a smokescreen, obscuring one of the most successful conventions in memory.
Nearly 10 years later, he seems to be doing a backward dance—if not into the closet, at least behind a smokescreen.
Davidge paused to study Mamise from behind a smokescreen that concealed his stare.
But since we have to get off-planet anyway, there is no harm in using our escape as a smokescreen.
The defenders moved under the cover of the smokescreen to fire on the advancing nomads.
These and other problems which he poses have the effect of creating a smokescreen of doubt without contributing anything new.
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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to smokescreen, such as: red herring, camouflage, cover, false colors, false front, and masquerade.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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