adjective
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disguised or covered by or as if by a mask
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botany another word for personate 2
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Origin of masked
Example Sentences
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The Times’ Mikael Wood and Rebecca Castillo talk with the masked country singer before his show at the hillside amphitheater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
In Prime Video’s “Spider-Noir,” he played Ben Reilly, a hapless and jaded private eye who used to moonlight as a masked vigilante known as the Spider until the love of his life was murdered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A local resident who rang the police said she saw a group of masked men near the vans, which were blocking a road in a village next to the military base.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
A farmer who called 999 when she saw a group of "masked men" near RAF Fairford early on Sunday believes she "foiled" their plans by "pure luck".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Half a small face, topped with muddy brown hair and masked with thick metal-rimmed glasses, jutted out from behind Mrs. Trotter’s mammoth hip.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
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