unmask
verb (used with object)
to strip a mask or disguise from.
unmasks
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present tense formof unmask (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Meghan Kobza’s “The Masquerade” unmasks the festivities of 18th-century London, where the commercial “middling sort” acquired the numbers and money to emulate the private entertainments of kings and aristocrats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The vaccine acts like a ‘wanted poster’ which unmasks cancer cells which are adept at hiding in the body, only to resurface later.
From BBC ● May 30, 2024
It unmasks cancer cells, allowing the immune system to identify and destroy them.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2022
“If everyone in your backyard gathering stands up and unmasks to crowd around the snack table for half an hour, that will increase the risk of that activity,” Ferrer said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
Not such is Ithuriel’s magic spear, the very touch of which unmasks falsehood.
From Sermons for the Times by Charles Kingsley
