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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

  1. noun A cloud of smoke used to hide troops or movement.
  2. noun Something used to distract from or conceal the truth.

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