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  • 1smoke screen — Synonyms and related words: alibi, apology, blind, camouflage, cloak, color, cover, cover story, cover up, device, disguise, domino, excuse, facade, false colors, false face, false front, feint, front, gloss, guise, handle, incognito, lame excuse …

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  • 2Screen — Contents 1 Separation or partitioning 2 Filtration/selection processes 3 Media display …

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  • 3screen — Synonyms and related words: TV, TV set, act drop, advocate, aegis, alibi, analyze, apology, apply to, arabesque, arm, arm guard, armor, art film, asbestos, asbestos board, assort, awning, backdrop, backstop, basketry, basketwork, batten, beach… …

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  • 4put off — Synonyms and related words: about the bush, adjourn, appall, bear off, beat around, beg the question, blind, blunt, cast off, chill, cloak, color, continue, cool, cover, cover story, cover up, dally, damp, dampen, defer, deflect, delay, deter,… …

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  • 5screen — I n. 1)to put up a screen 2) a radar; smoke; television, TV screen 3) a screen between 4) on a screen (there was no picture on the TV screen) II v. (D; tr.) to screen from * * * [skriːn] TV screen smoke …

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  • 6Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors — Sega CD cover Developer(s) Imagineering …

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  • 7dissemble — [v] disguise, pretend affect, camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, dissimulate, doublespeak*, double talk*, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, four flush*, hide, let on*, make like*, mask, pass, play possum*, pussyfoot*, put on… …

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  • 8USS Aylwin (DD-355) — For other ships of the same name, see USS Aylwin. USS Aylwin (DD 355) Career (US) …

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  • 9World War I — the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies, beginning on July 28, 1914, and ending on November 11, 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers. Abbr.: WWI Also called Great War, War of the… …

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  • 10USS Tennessee (BB-43) 1944 — This article is about the USS Tennessee (BB 43), a U.S. Navy battleship, during the year 1944.1944Marshall IslandsIn the early morning of 13 January 1944, Tennessee set her course for Hawaii with Task Unit 58.5.1 and anchored in Lahaina Roads off …

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