camouflage

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  1. noun The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings.
  2. noun Concealment by disguise or protective coloring.
  3. noun Fabric or a garment dyed in splotches of green, brown, tan, and black so as to make the wearer indistinguishable from the surrounding environment.
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  • It's exactly the kind of stuff you'll enjoy Clearly I had to hide myself from the prying eyes of the world, and the best camouflage was the library. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 04 - April 1996
  • In spite of very effective camouflage, air reconnaissance and photography usually discovered the preparations and traced their development. —  Panzer Battles
  • Some guests wore camouflage -- turkey hunters already down from the hills, perhaps with birds to register. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
  • The paper doll we decorated in camouflage, our nephew's favorite type of clothing, had a lot of fun learning about the stars and outer space. —  The Daily Journal Local News
  • She rolled them in a Union Jack for camouflage, and bore them off to the stable I've brought 'bests'," she said. —  A harum-scarum schoolgirl
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camouflage:   camouflaged
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  1. French, from camoufler, to disguise, alteration (influenced by camouflet, snub, smoke blown in one's face) of Italian camuffare.
 

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