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smoke screen

noun as in smokescreen

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Compassionate care, in fact, is nothing more than a smoke screen intended to hide coercion, structural inequalities and governments’ lack of social responsibility.

From Salon

The company said panic buttons, alarms, smoke screens and security doors were all fitted at the shop.

From BBC

But HB 2118 unnecessarily tightens the rein on gun dealers while using the public’s safety as a smoke screen.

White phosphorus is an incendiary, toxic substance used to create light and smoke screens during combat.

White phosphorus munitions can legally be used on battlefields to make smoke screens, generate illumination, mark targets or burn bunkers and buildings.

From Reuters

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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