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smokescreen — smoke‧screen [ˈsməʊkskriːn ǁ ˈsmoʊk ] noun [countable] something that someone does or says to hide their real plans or actions: • People sometimes see the budget as a smokescreen for stealth taxation. * * * smokescreen UK US (also smoke screen)… … Financial and business terms
smokescreen — ► NOUN 1) a cloud of smoke created to conceal military operations. 2) a thing designed to disguise someone s real intentions or activities … English terms dictionary
smokescreen — [[t]smo͟ʊkskriːn[/t]] smokescreens also smoke screen N COUNT If something that you do or say is a smokescreen, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions. He was accused of putting up a smokescreen to hide poor standards … English dictionary
smokescreen — A smokescreen is an action or tactic intended to conceal or divert attention from your real intentions or activities. His travel business was just a smokescreen for his political activities … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
smokescreen — UK [ˈsməʊkˌskriːn] / US [ˈsmoʊkˌskrɪn] noun [countable] Word forms smokescreen : singular smokescreen plural smokescreens 1) something that you say or do as a way of hiding your real feelings, intentions, or activities 2) a cloud of smoke created … English dictionary
smokescreen — smoke|screen [ˈsməukskri:n US ˈsmouk ] n 1.) something that you do or say to hide your real plans or actions ▪ a government that rules behind a smokescreen of democracy 2.) a cloud of smoke produced so that it hides soldiers, ships etc during a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
smokescreen — noun (C) 1 something that you do or say to hide your real plans or actions: All that stuff about being a businessman was just a smokescreen to hide his criminal activities. 2 a cloud of smoke produced so that it hides soldiers, ships etc during a … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Smokescreen (Transformers) — Smokescreen is the name of several different fictional characters in the Transformers universes.Transformers: Generation 1Transformers character name =Smokescreen caption = affiliation =Autobot subgroup = function =Diversionary Tactician rank =… … Wikipedia
smokescreen — smoke screen or smoke·screen (smōkʹskrēn ) n. 1. A mass of dense artificial smoke used to conceal military areas or operations from an enemy. 2. An action or statement used to conceal actual plans or intentions. * * * … Universalium
smokescreen — n. excuse, ostensible motive; cloud of smoke … English contemporary dictionary
