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Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle. / (figuratively) Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.

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smokescreen

Noun

figuratively

Japanese Meaning

戦闘において部隊や動きを隠すために使用される煙幕 / 比喩的に、真実や目的を隠すために用いられる手段や措置

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The regiment deployed a dense smokescreen to cover their retreat.

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連隊は撤退を覆い隠すために濃い煙幕を展開した。

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Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.

Ensign Whitely began to tell of the surprise encounter of Admiral Sprague’s escort-carrier force with the main battle line of the Japanese Navy off Samar, in a chaos of rain squalls and smoke screens.

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(figuratively) Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.

All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.

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smokescreens

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