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expose

noun

1 expose

The exposure of an impostor or a fraud:
— He published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government.

synonym: unmasking.

Roget 594: description, account, statement, report; expose etc. (disclosure) 529; specification, particulars; state of facts, summary of facts; brief ... show more

Roget 529: disclosure; retection; unveiling etc. v.; deterration, revealment, revelation; exposition, exposure; expose; whole truth; telltale etc. ... show more

Dutch: demasqué, ontmaskering
Polish: demaskatorstwo, demaskacja

verb

1 expose

Expose or make accessible to some action or influence.

Roget 932: disapprove; dislike etc. 867; lament etc. 839; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of; view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; ... show more

2 expose

Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.

synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover ... show more.

Roget 529: disclose, discover, dismask; draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain; unmask, unveil, unfold, ... show more

Roget 525: make manifest, render manifest etc. adj.; bring forth, bring forward, bring to the front, bring into view; give notice; express; represent, set forth, exhibit; show, ... show more

Roget 479: confute, refute, disprove; parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat; ... show more

Roget 226: divest; uncover etc. (cover) etc. 223; denude, bare, strip; disfurnish; undress, disrobe etc. (dress, enrobe) ... show more

Dutch: blootleggen, ontboezemen, onthullen, ontsluieren, openbaren, reveleren, uitgieten, uitstorten

3 expose

To show, make visible or apparent.

synonyms: display, exhibit.

Dutch: [[zichtbaar]] [[maken]], aantonen, demonstreren, etaleren, exhiberen, uitstallen

4 expose

Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body:
— The man exposed himself in the subway.

synonym: uncover.

5 expose

Reveal to view as by removing a cover.

synonyms: disclose, uncover.

6 expose

Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.

synonyms: endanger, peril, queer, scupper.

7 expose

Expose to light, of photographic film.

Dutch: blootstellen, blootleggen

8 expose

Expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas.

synonym: debunk.

Dutch: ontmaskeren, doorprikken

9 expose

Abandon by leaving out in the open air.


Moby thesaurus: advertise, air, apocalypse, attaint, awaken, bare, baring, belie, bespatter, betray, blacken, blot, blow sky-high, blow up, blow upon, brand, brandish, break the seal, break the spell, bring to light ... show more.

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