Definition of "obfuscate" []

• To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: "A great effort was made . . . to obscure or obfuscate the truth” ( Robert Conquest). (verb-transitive)
• To render indistinct or dim; darken: The fog obfuscated the shore. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "However, let's distract and obfuscate from the glaring flaws of the current administration and revel in the hate for an administration that is no longer in office."
• "And the prize for the most uses of the word obfuscate or derivatives thereof goes to…"
• "You STILL haven’t stepped up and argued the points, why you obfuscate is beyond me."