unmask

unmask (ʌnˈmɑːsk)

—vb
1.	to remove (the mask or disguise) from (someone or oneself)
2.	to appear or cause to appear in true character
3.	(tr) military to make evident the presence of (weapons), either by firing or by the removal of camouflage, etc

un'masker

—n

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unmask

1580s in figurative sense, c.1600 in literal sense, from un- (2) + mask (v.).

Example sentences

What the mobile ecosystems of today have done is to unmask the reality that it's the back end that matters.

The drug may even unmask dementia that had not been previously noticed.

But federal authorities say his dedication was to another cause, spying for the mobsters he was supposed to unmask.

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"How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and pour forth in careless and picturesque phrase all the results of his studies and observation; his knowledge of men, books, and nature. On the contrary, if a man has by any chance an original idea, he hoards it as if it were old gold; and rather avoids the subject with which he is most conversant, from fear that you may appropriate his best thoughts."

-Benjamin Disraeli