murk vs throw up smoke screen

murk

noun
  • Darkness, or a dark or gloomy environment. 

adj
  • Dark, murky 

verb
  • To murder or seriously injure. 

  • To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured. 

throw up smoke screen

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