unmasked; unmasking; unmasks
: to remove one's mask
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He was unmasked as a spy.
the killer's identity won't be unmasked until the season's final episode
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In a previous work, Hoback unmasked the figure behind QAnon.
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Joel Khalili, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
As first reported by Rolling Stone, the civil complaint filed in August 2022 unmasked Ephron as the alleged victim in the shooting investigation that led to Mayers’ arrest in April 2022.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
The film stops short of claiming to have conclusively unmasked the creator of Bitcoin, absent incontrovertible proof.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
Now, as some fear Satoshi Nakamoto’s unmasking could destroy bitcoin completely, a new documentary out this coming week is claiming to have solved the biggest mystery on the internet—who created bitcoin?
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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Joel Khalili, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
As first reported by Rolling Stone, the civil complaint filed in August 2022 unmasked Ephron as the alleged victim in the shooting investigation that led to Mayers’ arrest in April 2022.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
The film stops short of claiming to have conclusively unmasked the creator of Bitcoin, absent incontrovertible proof.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
Now, as some fear Satoshi Nakamoto’s unmasking could destroy bitcoin completely, a new documentary out this coming week is claiming to have solved the biggest mystery on the internet—who created bitcoin?
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Unmask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmask. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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