obfuscate
pronunciation
How to pronounce obfuscate in British English:
UK [ˈɒbfʌskeɪt]
How to pronounce obfuscate in American English:
US [ˈɑbfʌskeɪt]
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- Verb:
- make obscure or unclear
Word Origin
- obfuscate
- obfuscate: see dusk
- obfuscate (v.)
- 1530s, from Latin obfuscatus, past participle of obfuscare "to darken," from ob "over" (see ob-) + fuscare "to make dark," from fuscus "dark" (see dusk). Related: Obfuscated; obfuscating.
Example
- 1. This all-round solution will obfuscate and protect your .
- 2. This message might appear if you obfuscate the solution code .
- 3. The ruling classes obfuscate the minds of the exploited .
- 4. The chinese government has often tried to obfuscate or conceal the extent of industrial pollution .
- 5. The document then bounces between tor servers in a random manner , using layers of encryption to obfuscate its source address .