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  • noun Plural form of camouflage.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of camouflage.

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Examples

  • When you're out there digging for the lead, it kind of camouflages some of the hurt. "

    Latest Daily Headlines 2009

  • The chilling irony underpinning Silas' photographs of the enchanting German and Czech countryside strikes at our hearts when we learn that the beauty we are admiring is what today officially camouflages the trail of persecution and death.

    G. Roger Denson: Holocaust and Redemption in the Photography of Susan Silas G. Roger Denson 2011

  • Click on the pictures to see more urban camouflages.

    Urban Camouflage 2009

  • Amour-propre keeps us from knowing our limits, disguises the often crass interests behind what we think our benevolent actions, and camouflages the full extent of our pathetic vanity.

    Puncturing Our Pretensions Joseph Epstein 2011

  • Ultimately, he is a man who at times shows off, but generally camouflages an amazing -- if top-heavy -- physique.

    Zandile Blay: Bishop Eddie Long: A Wolf in Chic Clothing? Zandile Blay 2010

  • The chilling irony underpinning Silas' photographs of the enchanting German and Czech countryside strikes at our hearts when we learn that the beauty we are admiring is what today officially camouflages the trail of persecution and death.

    G. Roger Denson: Holocaust and Redemption in the Photography of Susan Silas G. Roger Denson 2011

  • While the UN loss was no surprise given Russia's and China's joint aversion to UN/NATO mission creep in Libya the double veto camouflages a more vexing development in the Eastern Mediterranean: a renewed effort by Russia's Vladimir Putin to reconsolidate a foot-hold in the Middle East against anti-democratic forces.

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Syria's Double Diplomatic Muscle Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011

  • Lying to Brussels about the real facts of their economic viability so that the country could enter the EU; successive prime ministers and their hundreds of ministers selfishly tampering with EU funds, a virulent system of nepotism; a word-indulgent politics that camouflages truths... suddenly I felt Athena's fuming breath on my face and her stern gaze froze me.

    Anthony Strano: Reflections in Athens Anthony Strano 2012

  • The chilling irony underpinning Silas' photographs of the enchanting German and Czech countryside strikes at our hearts when we learn that the beauty we are admiring is what today officially camouflages the trail of persecution and death.

    G. Roger Denson: Holocaust and Redemption in the Photography of Susan Silas G. Roger Denson 2011

  • Ultimately, he is a man who at times shows off, but generally camouflages an amazing -- if top-heavy -- physique.

    Zandile Blay: Bishop Eddie Long: A Wolf in Chic Clothing? Zandile Blay 2010

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