Synonyms for smoke screen
smoke screen

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1. smoke screen, smokescreennoun

   (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements

   Synonyms:
   smokescreen

2. smoke screen, smokescreennoun

   an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure

   "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"

   Synonyms:
   smokescreen

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1. Clare Mosley:

   For a British home secretary to accuse and castigate ordinary people when the facts of this incident are not yet even known is shocking and disturbing, this is not simply a careless, off-the-cuff emotional response. It is a misleading, opportunistic smoke screen concocted to deflect attention from the multiple warnings Clare Mosley has had about what was clearly going to happen at Napier Barracks.

2. Dorothea Brande:

   The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

3. Rachel Hoff:

   After the Pence announcement, I think the question is - is Trump really moderate on gay rights issues? It seems more likely his rhetoric has been a smoke screen, there's no substance behind it. By picking Pence, Trump is signaling his administration may not be any friendlier to the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community.

4. Brian Castner:

   The civilian death toll weve uncovered in just a handful of strikes suggests the shroud of secrecy surrounding the U.S. role in Somalias war is actually a smoke screen for impunity.