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Definition of unmask - 3 dictionary results

un⋅mask

  [uhn-mask, -mahsk]
Use unmask in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to strip a mask or disguise from.
2. to reveal the true character of; disclose; expose.
3. Military. to reveal the presence of (guns) by firing.
–verb (used without object)
4. to put off one's mask; appear in true nature.
Origin:
1580–90; un- 2 + mask

Related forms:
un⋅mask⋅er, noun
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un·mask   (ŭn-māsk')   
v.   un·masked, un·mask·ing, un·masks

v.   tr.

  1. To remove a mask from.

  2. To disclose the true character of; expose.

v.   intr.
To remove one's mask.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

unmask 
1586 in fig. sense, 1602 in lit. sense, from un- (2) + mask (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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