camouflages 1 of 2

plural of camouflage
as in costumes
clothing put on to hide one's true identity or imitate someone or something else the soldiers must wear protective jungle camouflage while on patrol

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camouflages

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verb

present tense third-person singular of camouflage

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Recent Examples of camouflages
Verb
The silky, buildable formula camouflages all things acne scars, dark circles, and other blemishes without looking thick or cakey. Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 8 Aug. 2026 Olivia Rodrigo knows the true magic of New York City lies in the way its pace camouflages public crash outs. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026 How an octopus camouflages itself was also a topic of discussion for Ritva. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camouflages
Noun
  • The memorable costumes, codified in fashion history halls, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and their influence on modern fashion are the unmistakable legacy of Mackie, who died at age 87.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • After seeing Gaynor’s Vegas extravaganza, Burnett recruited Mackie to design the costumes for The Carol Burnett Show.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • L’Oréal Paris’ True Match Radiant Serum Concealer checks both boxes, delivering medium coverage that disguises dark circles, redness, blemishes, and discoloration without looking heavy.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Wedding clients perform love instead of living it; her brother, a congressman, disguises his LGBTQ identity to make his political one more palatable; the gentrifiers of her neighborhood trumpet their changes as progress.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Stores couldn’t keep toilet paper, masks or hand sanitizer on shelves.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Days before the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art officially opens, protesters from the Fair Games Coalition — wearing Jedi robes and Jar Jar Binks masks and carrying lightsabers — rallied together outside the new museum.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The three-word message conceals the depth of a man worthy of dissection.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The snail’s diminutive size, however, conceals a massive secret.
    Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Track how often your products appear in assistant answers, and track launch-window products apart from the catalog average, because the aggregate hides the cohort at risk.
    Srijith Ravikumar, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • That way the top of the boots hides beneath the hem and peeks out just enough to elongate your legs.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Camouflages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camouflages. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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