unmask
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unmask
Synonyms
bare, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, let on (about), reveal, spill, tell, unbosom, uncloak, uncover, unveil
Antonyms
cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil
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Examples of unmask in a Sentence
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The Buffaloes were the talk of the conference after their 5-0 start but got unmasked, to a certain degree, by a sharp uptick in schedule difficulty. — Jon Wilner Pac-12 Hotline, The Seattle Times, "Pac-12 Power Rankings: Is WSU’s win over Oregon enough to overtake Washington?," 22 Oct. 2018 Judges have referred to the companies as copyright trolls and are increasingly resisting the firms’ request for help to unmask the identities of alleged pirates of their movies. — Guillermo Contreras, ExpressNews.com, "Alleged ‘copyright troll’ claims unnamed San Antonians are stealing porn movies," 18 July 2019 Combined with software that analyzes public blockchain transactions, that information can help unmask who’s behind a nefarious deal. — Gregory Barber, WIRED, "Everyone Wants Facebook's Libra to Be Regulated. But How?," 18 July 2019 One of their own has now unmasked their intellectual dishonesty. — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, "In a United Nations Report, a Socialist Details Venezuela’s Horrors," 17 July 2019 Fundamentally, the properties that quantum atmospheres unmask are symmetries. — Quanta Magazine, "‘Quantum Atmospheres’ May Reveal Secrets of Matter," 25 Sep. 2018 Or, less salaciously, those who illegally unmasked national security adviser Mike Flynn? — William Mcgurn, WSJ, "Playing the Civility Card," 10 Sep. 2018 Her identity was unmasked by investigators through handwriting analysis. — Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, "Residents Cowered While Workers at a Group Home Smacked and Pushed Them," 9 June 2019 Working together with his young accomplices Holly (Justine Lupe) and Jerome (Jharrel Jerome), Hodges unmasked Brady Hartsfield (Harry Treadaway) as the mysterious Mercedes murderer. — Christian Holub, EW.com, "See photos and behind-the-scenes video from Mr. Mercedes season 3," 4 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unmask.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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