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"text": "All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.",
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"ref": "1968, Desmond Bagley, chapter 8, in The Vivero Letter, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 163:",
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"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
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"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
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"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"word": "煙幕"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yānmù",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"word": "烟幕"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"word": "煙氣幕"
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"roman": "yānqìmù",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"word": "烟气幕"
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"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
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"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
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"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
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"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
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"word": "écran de fumée"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rideau de fumée"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortina de fume"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nebelwand"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Nebelvorhand"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Nebelschleier"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Rauchvorhang"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"word": "ködfüggöny"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brat deataigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortina fumogena"
},
{
"alt": "えんまく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "enmaku",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"word": "煙幕"
},
{
"alt": "煙幕",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeonmak",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"word": "연막"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dūmu aizsegs"
},
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dūmų uždanga"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dimna zavesa",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "димна завеса"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "røykskjerm"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zasłona dymna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortina de fumaça"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortina de fumo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dymovája zavésa",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дымова́я заве́са"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "димна завеса"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
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"word": "димна завјеса"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
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"word": "dimna zavjesa"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dymová clona"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dimna zavesa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortina de humo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "rökridå"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "dimridå"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"word": "sis perdesi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dymová zavísa",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "димова́ заві́са"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dymová zaslóna",
"sense": "smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "димова́ засло́на"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cxacackuytʻ",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"word": "ծխածածկույթ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"word": "savuverho"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "écran de fumée"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortina de fume"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorwand"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ablenkung"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Ablenkungsmanöver"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
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"neuter"
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"word": "Tarnmanöver"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vernebelung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Deckmantel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"word": "ködösítés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"word": "félrevezetés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"word": "elterelés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"word": "álca"
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"alt": "えんまく",
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"roman": "enmaku",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"word": "煙幕"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeonmak",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"word": "연막"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aizsegs"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zasłona dymna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortina de fumaça"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortina de fumo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"word": "fachada"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortina de humo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"word": "rökridå"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "dimridå"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract",
"word": "sis perdesi"
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"wikipedia": [
"smokescreen"
],
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}
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