Synonyms for smoke screen

Grammar : Noun

Définition of smoke screen

noun action to confuse or conceal

Example sentences :

The red Cadillacs were only a smoke screen for something else.
Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett

"It's no smoke screen," MacMaine said in a matter-of-fact tone.
Extract from : « The Highest Treason » by Randall Garrett

“We arranged to put up a smoke screen,” Johnny whispered to Meggy.
Extract from : « Mystery Wings » by Roy J. Snell

At about 7.40 we turned, under cover of our smoke screen, and steered south-west.
Extract from : « Diary of a U-Boat Commander » by Anonymous

In fact none of the British commanders realized what had taken place under cover of that smoke screen.
Extract from : « A True Account of the Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916 » by Thomas Goddard Frothingham

But only a few of the Earth's higher-up would know that it was a smoke screen; the rest believe it, whether it is true or not.
Extract from : « The Highest Treason » by Randall Garrett

"The whole TK business was just a smoke screen to keep matters confused," I concluded.
Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Mr. Gary, behind the smoke screen of his hypocrisies about the "open shop," was determined to have the strike go on.
Extract from : « The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons » by William Z. Foster

The smoke screen grew denser and taller, mounting toward the balloons.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

The third method—that of rendering the blockships invisible to the battery—would have entailed the use of a smoke screen.
Extract from : « The Blocking of Zeebrugge » by Alfred F. B. Carpenter

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