smoke screen's Usage Examples:

A smoke screen is smoke released to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks, aircraft, or ships.

Then it alerts the crew and can start various countermeasures, like smoke screen, aerosol screen (e.

the transport of 36 Royal Navy landing craft, were hidden by a massive smoke screen from 16 March.

suffered heavy casualties that day, and the next day they advanced behind a smoke screen.

and convoluteness of the first six dialogs as an counter-censorship "smoke screen" for the main item: dialog VII, which in effect criticized the planned.

address is hosted in a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or as a smoke screen to distract the attention from important email messages indicating a.

bring all their guns to bear, causing Graf Spee to turn away and lay a smoke screen.

The filling of smoke screen canisters and other pyrotechnic devices was also carried out by fireworks.

explored the idea that "the witch-hunt [of the 1950s] was actually a smoke screen to conceal something else".

between the six escort carriers and the Japanese fleet and putting out a smoke screen over a 2,500-yard (2,300 m) front to conceal the carriers from the enemy.

and it is revealed that his womanising violent lifestyle is in fact a smoke screen to cover up his real emotions.

Versailles, into thinking that it was merely a device for creating a smoke screen.

Synonyms:

surface; silver screen; wide screen; projection screen;

Antonyms:

begin; keep down; necessitate; unclog; show;