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camouflaged

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈkæməˌfɫɑʒd// UK //kˈæməflˌɑːʒd// cam·ou·flaged

v. to hide something by making it look like its surroundings. You use this when an animal or a soldier blends in with the environment to stay safe.

v. to conceal or disguise something by making it blend into its surroundings. Often used in the passive voice to describe an object or person that has been rendered invisible to the eye.


SIMPLE

The soldier is camouflaged to look like the forest.

CONTEXTUAL

The military tested several new patterns to see which ones were most effective at camouflaged vehicles in the desert.

COMPLEX

The artist used a technique that camouflaged the edges of the painting, making it appear as though the colors were bleeding into the gallery walls themselves.

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