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smoke screen

 
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–noun
1. a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
2. something intended to disguise, conceal, or deceive; camouflage.
Origin:
1910–15
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smoke screen or smoke·screen   (smōk'skrēn')
n.  

  1. A mass of dense artificial smoke used to conceal military areas or operations from an enemy.

  2. An action or statement used to conceal actual plans or intentions.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

smoke screen 
1915, as a form of military camouflage, from smoke (n.1); 1926 in the fig. sense. The association of smoke with "deception, deliberate obscurity" dates back to at least 1565.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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