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Definition of Smoke screen

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

2. Noun. An action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure. "Requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"

Definition of Smoke screen

1. Noun. smokescreen ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smoke Screen

smoke eater smoke eaters smoke explosion smoke explosions smoke grenade smoke hole smoke inhalation injury smoke jumper smoke jumpers smoke like a chimney

smoke out smoke point smoke poles smoke ring smoke screen (current term) smoke signal smoke signals smoke test smoke tests smoke tower

smoke tree smoke up smoke wagon smoke wagons smokeability smokeable smokeasies smokeasy smokebox

Literary usage of Smoke screen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"for use in trench and q || H 3 3e a dense smoke screen. 11 Standard smoke mixture Around the top of the The ignition is caused tip and a dense cloud of to ..."

2. The Dover Patrol 1915-1917 by Reginald Bacon (1919)
"The smoke-screen was to be brought round the end of the breakwater and ... To work with a thin smoke-screen and pass it round the Mole end under fire was ..."

3. The Dover Patrol 1915-1917 by Reginald Bacon (1919)
"The smoke-screen was to be brought round the end of the breakwater and ... To work with a thin smoke-screen and pass it round the Mole end under fire was ..."

4. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"It is calculated that a cylinder containing 300 pounds of 20 per cent oleum will maintain a smoke screen on a ship for a period of 15 minutes, ..."

5. The Dover Patrol 1915-1917 by Reginald Bacon (1919)
"In day-time the smoke-screen was perfect. At night-time the phosphorus ... The difference between the smoke-screen by day and by night was most instructive. ..."

6. Gas Warfare by Edward Samuel Farrow (1920)
"The efficacy of smoke screen properly placed in assisting tanks to accomplish their mission has been amply demonstrated in action. ..."

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