Associations to the word «Smokescreen»
Noun
- Armada
- Bulkhead
- Transformer
- Saber
- Omega
- Magnus
- Phosphorus
- Requiem
- Blaster
- Forge
- Knock
- Prime
- Mini
- Treason
- Destroyer
- Laying
- Smoke
- Disguise
- Alpha
- Crane
- Hide
- Comic
- Recruit
- Key
- Toy
- Matrix
- Retreat
- Confusion
- Cover
- Jazz
- Escape
- Universe
- Arrest
- Tank
- Attack
- Raid
- Explosion
- Argument
- Phase
- Target
- Artillery
- Vehicle
- Generation
- Join
- Jack
- Human
- Fire
- Israel
- Gallery
- Cloud
- Issue
- German
- Fight
- Battle
Adverb
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Wiktionary
SMOKESCREEN, noun. Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
SMOKESCREEN, noun. Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
Dictionary definition
SMOKESCREEN, noun. (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements.
SMOKESCREEN, noun. An action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure; "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.