smokescreen
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smokescreen
- /ˈsmoʊkˌskɹin/ US
noun smokescreens · smoke screen · smoke-screen
- Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle. Ensign Whitely began to tell of the surprise encounter of Admiral Sprague’s escort-carrier force with the main battle line of the Japanese Navy off Samar, in a chaos of rain squalls and smoke screens.
- Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract. All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.
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noun smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover
| Español | cortina de humo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 연막 yeonmak |
| 日本語 | 煙幕 enmaku |
| 中文 | 煙幕 /烟幕 yānmù, 煙氣幕 /烟气幕 yānqìmù |
| Português | cortina de fumaça, cortina de fumo |
| Français | écran de fumée, rideau de fumée |
| Deutsch | Nebelwand, Nebelvorhang, Nebelschleier, Deckmantel, Rauchschleier, Rauchvorhang |
| Italiano | cortina fumogena |
| Русский | дымова́я заве́са dymovája zavésa |
| Tiếng Việt | hoả mù |
| العربية | سِتَار دُخَانِيّ sitār duḵāniyy |
noun anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract
| Español | cortina de humo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 연막 yeonmak |
| 日本語 | 煙幕 enmaku |
| 中文 | 掩飾物 /掩饰物, 幌子 huǎngzi, 障眼法 |
| Português | cortina de fumaça, cortina de fumo, fachada |
| Français | écran de fumée |
| Deutsch | Vorwand, Ablenkung, Ablenkungsmanöver, Tarnmanöver, Vernebelung, Deckmantel |
| Tiếng Việt | hoả mù |
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@misc{smokescreen_2026,
title = {smokescreen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smokescreen},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
