smokescreen
/ˈsmoʊkˌskɹin/ noun C2- Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
- Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract. · All that talk is just a smokescreen to disguise the fact that he has nothing to say.
Plural smokescreens
Learn smokescreen in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.