as in to confuse
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
irrelevant matters that only serve to obfuscate the fundamental issue of guilt or innocence
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Recent Examples of obfuscate
The children’s parentage was selectively obfuscated.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
The sampling is very subtle, and almost a little obfuscated by the rest of the score.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 Dec. 2024
Iran also began restricting access for IAEA inspectors in an effort to obfuscate their intentions.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
To him, bringing that artifice into focus illuminates how the evolution of belief systems across history have come to obfuscate an ancient truth: that beneath it all, the one true religion is control.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
The sampling is very subtle, and almost a little obfuscated by the rest of the score.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 Dec. 2024
Iran also began restricting access for IAEA inspectors in an effort to obfuscate their intentions.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
To him, bringing that artifice into focus illuminates how the evolution of belief systems across history have come to obfuscate an ancient truth: that beneath it all, the one true religion is control.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Obfuscate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obfuscate. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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