1. acts of making something unclear, hidden, or difficult to understand
Usage: formal
2. things that block or hide something from view
Usage: formal

Examples

• The fog created obscurations that made driving dangerous.
• His deliberate obscurations of the facts frustrated the investigators.
• The smoke caused obscurations of the mountain peaks.
• Legal obscurations in the contract made it hard to understand.
• Weather obscurations delayed the flight for several hours.
• The artist used obscurations of light and shadow in the painting.