Bluff and Device

Bluff

Bluff noun - A steep wall of rock, earth, or ice.

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Device and bluff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Device" instead a noun "Bluff".

Nearby Words: bluffing, bluffer, bluffed, bluffy

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Usage example: used every device and stratagem he knew to prevent his son's marriage

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Bluff and device are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bluff" instead a noun "Device".

good	good bluff	good device
elaborate	elaborate bluff	elaborate device
similar	similar bluff	similar device
certain	certain bluff	certain device
Other adjectives: small, big, great, huge, major, visual, giant.

Bluff the Eavesdropper: After finding the listening device in Caspar Weinberger's office, the FBI does this in order to lay a trap for Directorate S.

Source: Series / The Americans
Star Trek (not known for its continuity) has a moment in the "The Deadly Years" where Kirk references the Corbomite Self-Destruct Device from "The Corbomite Maneuver" in order to bluff some Romulans.

Source: Call Back
In Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Corbomite Maneuver", Kirk threatens to use the eponymous strategy (as a bluff) with a device embedded in the Enterprise that would reflect any attack back at an aggressor.

Source: Attack Reflector

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