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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

/ ÊŒ²Ôˈ³¾É‘˲õ°ì /

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
“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
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Derived Forms

  • ³Ü²Ôˈ³¾²¹²õ°ì±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ô·³¾²¹²õ°ìİù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of unmask1

First recorded in 1580–90; un- 2 + mask
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Before a microscopic killer shut down offices in the real world, the concept of a work-life balance had already been unmasked.

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Immunocompromised and disabled patients are told that unmasked hospital waiting rooms are safe when we know they are not.

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The Russian journalist's investigations into Vladimir Putin's regime - one of which unmasked the agents responsible for the 2018 Salisbury poisonings - have made him a target of the Kremlin.

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His ill-fated attempt to unmask a whistleblower he thought was smearing an old colleague, was seen by some – but not all – as evidence of fierce loyalty to his own troops.

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Over the course of January 2025, Williams watched in dread as social media videos and news coverage emerged showing Southern California residents whose homes had been destroyed sifting through the rubble unmasked.

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