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Dictionary: un·mask   (ŭn-măsk') pronunciation

v., -masked, -mask·ing, -masks.

v.tr.
  1. To remove a mask from.
  2. To disclose the true character of; expose.
v.intr.
To remove one's mask.


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verb

    To make visible; bring to view: bare, disclose, display, expose, reveal, show, unclothe, uncover, unveil. Archaic discover. Idioms: bring to light, lay open, make plain. See show/hide.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: reveal the true nature of
  Synonym: uncloak

Meaning #2: take the mask of
  Antonym: mask (meaning #2)


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - lade masken falde, afsløre
v. intr. - afsløret

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontmaskeren, het masker afnemen

Français (French)
v. tr. - démasquer
v. intr. - ôter son masque

Deutsch (German)
v. - (sich) demaskieren, entlarven

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεμασκαρεύω/-ομαι, ξεσκεπάζω, αποκαλύπτω, αφαιρώ το προσωπείο από

Italiano (Italian)
smascherare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desmascarar(-se), revelar

Русский (Russian)
разоблачать, снимать маску

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desenmascarar, descubrir
v. intr. - desenmascararse, sacarse la máscara

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - demaskera, avslöja

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
撕下...的假面具, 暴露, 揭露, 脱去假面具

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 撕下...的假面具, 暴露, 揭露
v. intr. - 脫去假面具

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~의 가면을 벗기다, 폭로하다
v. intr. - ~의 가면을 벗다, 정체를 드러내다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 仮面をはぐ, 正体をあばく, 暴露する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) اماط اللثام عن, كشف القناع عن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חשף, גילה, הסיר המסווה, קרע המסיכה מעל פניו‬
v. intr. - ‮קרע המסיכה מעל פניו‬


 
 
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