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unmask

[ uhn-mask, -mahsk ]

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)

  1. to put off one's mask; appear in true nature.

unmask

/ ʌnˈmɑːsk /

verb

  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


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Derived Forms

  • unˈmasker, noun

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Other Words From

  • un·masker noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of unmask1

First recorded in 1580–90; un- 2 + mask

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Example Sentences

Outside of a classroom setting, any student less than six feet away while unmasked would need to quarantine.

The newsletter managed to easily unmask and identify a specific person and their movements from an anonymous dataset.

Folks in the room, many of whom had been gathering indoors unmasked for months, seemed expert at social routines we all once knew so well.

It was unthinkable to go maskless inside a retail establishment, and you would often endure glares and sharp comments even if you unmasked outside.

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Some parents worry that unmasked and unvaccinated individuals could threaten the safety of their young children, for whom the vaccine is not yet available.

Bravo claims to unmask the Online Dating Rituals of the American Male.

Comedy is a cost-effective tactic to unmask this insecurity and undermine tyranny around the world.

Yes, the drug may unmask an otherwise concealed truth and move the Holmes case in one direction or another.

But, in this week's Newsweek, Jacob Bernstein says her departure may unmask another culprit.

On the contrary, they will expose his true character and unmask his deception to the poor dupes whom he is cajoling and deluding.

"And if no one assists me, I will unmask the scoundrel myself," declared Rozaine.

She hoped to detect a movement of the medium's arm, and to unmask her, in spite of the courtesy she owed her as her hostess.

For a moment David had, as on the night Allen had forced him to unmask, a glimpse of the inside of a cell.

Finello's advice recurred to his memory; and he determined to make the woman unmask at all hazards.

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