Definition of "obfuscates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obfuscate. (verb)

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• "I would suggest that there are occasions when the very term obfuscates rather than clarifies, and the al Bashir indictment is one of them."
• "In defining the goal of those who oppose us as a clash of civilizations, whereby he asserts that they seek to "extend the caliphate", he once again obfuscates the potential for reasoned clarity and measured dialogue."
• "The word obfuscates the very thing it is meant to identify."