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expose
A	noun
	1	expose, unmasking
			the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚disclosure; revelation; revealing ╚exposure ╚expose, unmasking
B	verb
	1	expose
			abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
		Category Tree: leave ╚abandon; forsake; desolate; desert ╚expose
	2	debunk, expose
			expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚treat; handle; do by ╚mock; bemock ╚ridicule; roast; guy; blackguard; laugh at; jest at; rib; make fun; poke fun ╚debunk, expose ╚unmask; uncloak
	3	disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
			make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring o
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚tell ╚disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
	4	queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
			put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚affect; impact; bear upon; bear on; touch on; touch ╚queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril ╚compromise
	5	uncover, expose
			remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"

	6	expose
			expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚affect; impact; bear upon; bear on; touch on; touch ╚subject ╚expose ╚underexpose ╚overexpose ╚air out; air; aerate ╚sun; insolate; solarize; solarise ╚ventilate
	7	expose
			expose to light, of photographic film
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚affect; impact; bear upon; bear on; touch on; touch ╚subject ╚expose ╚underexpose ╚overexpose
	8	disclose, expose
			disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
		Category Tree: show ╚uncover; bring out; unveil; reveal ╚disclose, expose ╚face
	9	expose, exhibit, display
			to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
		Category Tree: show ╚expose, exhibit, display ╚model; pose; sit; posture ╚model ╚brandish ╚flaunt; flash; show off; ostentate; swank ╚moon ╚bench ╚hold up ╚produce; bring forth ╚open

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