Usually means: Obscuring mist for tactical concealment.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word smoke screen:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. smoke screen: Merriam-Webster
  2. smoke screen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. smoke screen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. smoke screen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. smoke screen: Vocabulary.com
  6. smoke-screen: Wordnik
  7. smoke screen: Wiktionary
  8. smoke screen: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. smoke screen: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. smoke screen: Dictionary.com
  11. smoke screen: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Smoke-screen, Smoke screen, The Smoke Screen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. smoke screen: Rhymezone
  14. smoke screen: FreeDictionary.org
  15. smoke screen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. smoke screen: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Smoke-screen, smoke screen: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. smoke-screen, smoke screen: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See smoke_screening as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Smoke screen)

noun:  Alternative form of smokescreen [Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.]

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