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A cloud of smoke created to conceal military operations.

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(DOD) A cloud of smoke used to conceal ground maneuver, obstacle breaching, recovery operations, and amphibious assault operations as well as key assembly areas, supply routes, and logistic facilities.

For a list of words related to smoke screen, see:

• Secrecy and Concealment - smoke screen: something intended to obscure or mislead

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See words rhyming with "smokescreen."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - røgslør, røgtæppe

Français (French)
n. - (Mil) écran de fumée, (fig) diversion

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nebelwand

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (στρατ., μτφ.) προπέτασμα καπνού

Italiano (Italian)
cortina fumogena

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cortina de fumaça (f)

Русский (Russian)
(вертикальная) дымовая завеса

Español (Spanish)
n. - cortina de humo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rökslöja, rökridå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
烟幕

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 煙幕

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연막, 위장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 煙幕

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסך עשן, הטעיה‬

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