Smokescreen

Etymology
From smoke + screen

Noun

 * 1) Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
 * 2) Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
 * All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.

Translations

 * Dutch: rookgordijn


 * Finnish:
 * Latvian: dūmu aizsegs


 * Finnish:
 * Latvian: aizsegs
 * Spanish: cortina de humo
 * Swedish: rökridå

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