- unmask⇄unmask, intransitive verb.
to remove a mask or disguise.
Ex. The guests unmasked at midnight. - unmask⇄v.t. 1. to take off a mask or disguise from.
2. (Figurative.) to show the real nature of; lay bare the actual nature or being of; expose.
Ex. to unmask a hypocrite. We unmasked the plot.
3. to remove something that hides (a gun or gun