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
Instead of routing your traffic through a single server, your data travels through a secondary server to further obfuscate your activity.
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PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement For years now, Putin has been obfuscating how weak the Russian economy really is, by hiding and fudging the numbers.
—Time, 9 Aug. 2025
On the other hand, politics and emotions often obfuscate such things.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Phuong explained: The backdoor process is deliberately obfuscated by the threat actor through the use of process masquerading.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025
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PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Advertisement For years now, Putin has been obfuscating how weak the Russian economy really is, by hiding and fudging the numbers.
—Time, 9 Aug. 2025
On the other hand, politics and emotions often obfuscate such things.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Phuong explained: The backdoor process is deliberately obfuscated by the threat actor through the use of process masquerading.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for obfuscate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obfuscate
confuse
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The Farmers’ Almanac will be gone for good after its final 2026 edition, not to be confused with The Old Farmer's Almanac, a separate publication.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Blue Origin also launches New Shepard from Texas The New Glenn spacecraft is not to be confused with Blue Origin's much smaller New Shepard rocket that the company launches from West Texas on brief trips taking paying passengers high above Earth's atmosphere.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Obfuscate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obfuscate. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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