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smokescreen

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˈsmoʊkˌskɹin/Part of speech nounSorted ceeekmnorssStarts with SEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure

Word origin

From smoke + screen.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • C.I.E. Class "D14" 4-4-0 No. 89 covers its tracks with a magnificent smokescreen as it pulls out of Dun Laoghaire with the 9.0 a.m. boat train for Dublin.
  • All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.

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