unmasked; unmasking; unmasks
: to remove one's mask
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Examples of unmask in a Sentence
He was unmasked as a spy.
the killer's identity won't be unmasked until the season's final episode
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Entire subreddits are devoted to unmasking Darrien O’Connor, the exploitative TV writer who mentors Gadd’s Donny, only to drug and rape his acolyte.
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 June 2024
In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, US federal prosecutors unmasked the flamboyant persona as Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 May 2024
In October, a Senate investigation unmasked a luxury motorhome worth $267,230 for which Thomas received a loan for from Anthony Welters, who later forgave a large portion of it after a few interest payments.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024
An early instance was the notorious tract The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which first appeared in 1903 and purports to unmask a nefarious Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world.
—Angela Stent, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 June 2024
In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, US federal prosecutors unmasked the flamboyant persona as Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 May 2024
In October, a Senate investigation unmasked a luxury motorhome worth $267,230 for which Thomas received a loan for from Anthony Welters, who later forgave a large portion of it after a few interest payments.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024
An early instance was the notorious tract The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which first appeared in 1903 and purports to unmask a nefarious Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world.
—Angela Stent, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
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“Unmask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmask. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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