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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements;
[syn: smoke screen, smokescreen]

2. an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure;
- Example: "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"
[syn: smoke screen, smokescreen]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

smokescreen
    n 1: (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that
         obscures movements [syn: smoke screen, smokescreen]
    2: an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure;
       "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen
       to hide their failures" [syn: smoke screen, smokescreen]