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[ uhn-mask , -mahsk ] SHOW IPA
/ ʌnˈmæsk, -ˈmɑsk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to strip a mask or disguise from.
to reveal the true character of; disclose; expose.
Military . to reveal the presence of (guns) by firing.
verb (used without object) to put off one's mask; appear in true nature.
Origin of unmask First recorded in 1580–90; un-2 + mask
OTHER WORDS FROM unmask un·mask·er, noun Words nearby unmask unmanned, unmannered, unmannerly, unmarked, unmarried, unmask , unmatched, unmeaning, unmeaningful, unmeant, unmeasured
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Comedy is a cost-effective tactic to unmask this insecurity and undermine tyranny around the world.
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Yes, the drug may unmask an otherwise concealed truth and move the Holmes case in one direction or another.
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But, in this week's Newsweek, Jacob Bernstein says her departure may unmask another culprit.
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Truth is too simple for us; we do not like those who unmask our illusions.
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You could slip in heah to our room befoah they unmask , and nobody would evah find out who you were.
The Little Colonel at Boarding-School | Annie Fellows Johnston
The alarm of Mrs. Carmichael lest her pupil should unmask her elegant deficiencies had been no unfounded one.
An Ambitious Woman | Edgar Fawcett
I know a little about cats of several sorts, and there is that in the room which will unmask this one, or I am mistaken in her.
Are you offering to bet me that, before I unmask , you will be able to discover who I am?
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British Dictionary definitions for unmask verb to remove (the mask or disguise) from (someone or oneself)
to appear or cause to appear in true character
(tr) military to make evident the presence of (weapons), either by firing or by the removal of camouflage, etc
Derived forms of unmask unmasker , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to unmask uncover, expose, bring to light, disclose, exhibit, show, leak, confess, acknowledge, divulge, unveil, admit, display, bare, unearth, unclothe, announce, tell, come out with, let cat out of the bag