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Smokescreen

smokescreen
also smoke screen (smokescreens) If something that you do or say is a smokescreen, it is intended to hide the truth about your activities or intentions. He was accused of putting up a smokescreen to hide poor standards in schools. N-COUNT
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1.
  n. 1 a cloud of smoke diffused to conceal (esp. military) operations. 2 a device or ruse for disguising one's activities. ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
  1. (вертикальная) дымовая завеса a smokescreen of lies —- дымовая завеса фальсификаций ...
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3.
  ~ n 1 something that you do or say to hide your real plans or actions  (All that stuff about being a businessman was just a smokescreen to hide his criminal activities.) 2 a cloud of smoke produced so that it hides soldiers, ships etc during a battle ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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