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UNCLOAK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove a cloak from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "uncloak" is one way to...):

take off (remove clothes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reveal the true nature of

Example:

The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician

Synonyms:

uncloak; unmask

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "uncloak" is one way to...):

debunk; expose (expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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