Vernebelung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- smokescreen noun A cloud of smoke used to hide troops or movement.
Senses
Vernebelung is used for these senses in English:
- obfuscation (uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
- obfuscation (uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
- smokescreen (figuratively) Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
smokescreen — full definition
- noun A cloud of smoke used to hide troops or movement.
- noun Something used to distract from or conceal the truth.
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