Cover-up
Cover-up noun - Something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth.
Smokescreen and cover-up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smokescreen" instead a noun phrase "Cover-up".
Smokescreen
Smokescreen noun - (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements.
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Synonyms for Smokescreen
Cover-up and smokescreen are semantically related. You can use "Cover-up" instead a noun "Smokescreen".
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Related pairs
- cover and cover-up
- cover and smokescreen
- guise and cover-up
- guise and smokescreen
- cloak and cover-up
- cloak and smokescreen
- front and cover-up
- front and smokescreen
- screen and cover-up
- screen and smokescreen
- conspiracy and cover-up
- conspiracy and smokescreen
- disguise and cover-up
- disguise and smokescreen
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Fiction as Cover-Up: The conspiracy makes artificial life-forms called Grays that resemble the popular idea of aliens (round heads, gray skin) and is implied to let rumours about them circulate as a smokescreen for what they are really up to in the Area 51 facility.
Source: Video Game / Deus Ex
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