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smoke screen

 
Noun smoke screen has 2 senses
  1. smoke screen, smokescreen - (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements
    --1 is a kind of screen
  2. smoke screen, smokescreen - an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"
    --2 is a kind of concealment, concealing, hiding
smoke-rings smoke smoke alarm smoke bomb smoke bush smoke grenade smoke hole smoke out smoke screen smoke tree smoked-up smoked smoked haddock smoked herring smoked mackerel smoked nuts smoked salmon

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