unmasked; unmasking; unmasks
: to remove one's mask
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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While the internet tries to unmask her identity, her family, who agreed to speak with Newsweek about the unexpected online attention, are choosing to keep Roga's background private—citing both safety concerns and a cultural tradition of anonymity for young performers in Japan.
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Security researchers have unmasked a campaign using both fake CAPTCHA tests and malicious downloads as the starting point for what quickly turns into an invisible rootkit attack that can cloak any malicious file, task or Windows registry entry that uses one specific prefix.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
While some companies are banning employees from generative AI, others are arming clients and customers with tools to unmask it or block it themselves, dramatically cutting its effectiveness.
—Derek Newton, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Drake Bell unmasked as Ice King on the Nov. 20 episode after going up against Royal Knight, Sherlock Hound and Strawberry Shortcake.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Security researchers have unmasked a campaign using both fake CAPTCHA tests and malicious downloads as the starting point for what quickly turns into an invisible rootkit attack that can cloak any malicious file, task or Windows registry entry that uses one specific prefix.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
While some companies are banning employees from generative AI, others are arming clients and customers with tools to unmask it or block it themselves, dramatically cutting its effectiveness.
—Derek Newton, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Drake Bell unmasked as Ice King on the Nov. 20 episode after going up against Royal Knight, Sherlock Hound and Strawberry Shortcake.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Unmask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmask. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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