expose

• "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"

Synonyms

• unmaskingthe exposure of an impostor or a fraud

• "Expose your students to art"
• "expose the blanket to sunshine"

• "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 out the truth"
• "he broke the news to her"
• "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
• "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"

Synonyms

• unwrapremove the outer cover or wrapping of; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
• disclosemake known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; reveal to view as by removing a cover
• let onmake known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
• bring outmake visible; bring out of a specific state ; prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; bring onto the market or release; encourage to be less reserved; take out of a container or enclosed space; bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc. ; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
• revealmake visible; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; disclose directly or through prophets
• discoverdiscover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; make a discovery, make a new finding; make a discovery; find unexpectedly; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; see for the first time; identify as in botany or biology, for example
• divulgemake known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
• breaksome abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; an unexpected piece of good luck; (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); a pause from doing something (as work); the act of breaking something; a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something ; breaking of hard tissue such as bone; the occurrence of breaking; an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool ; (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; a sudden dash; any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; an escape from jail; terminate; become separated into pieces or fragments; render inoperable or ineffective; ruin completely; destroy the integrity of; act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; move away or escape suddenly; scatter or part; force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; prevent completion; enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; make submissive, obedient, or useful; fail to agree with; surpass in excellence; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; come into being; stop operating or functioning; interrupt a continued activity; make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing; curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; lessen in force or effect; be broken in; come to an end; vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; cause to give up a habit; give up; come forth or begin from a state of latency; happen or take place; cause the failure or ruin of; invalidate by judicial action; discontinue an association or relation; assign to a lower position; reduce to bankruptcy; change directions suddenly ; emerge from the surface of a body of water; break down, literally or metaphorically; do a break dance; exchange for smaller units of money; destroy the completeness of a set of related items; make the opening shot that scatters the balls ; separate from a clinch, in boxing; go to pieces; break a piece from a whole; become punctured or penetrated; pierce or penetrate; be released or become known; cease an action temporarily; interrupt the flow of current in; undergo breaking; find a flaw in; find the solution or key to; change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; happen; become fractured; crack; fall sharply; fracture a bone of; diminish or discontinue abruptly; weaken or destroy in spirit or body
• give awaymake a gift of; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; give away information about somebody
• let outexpress audibly; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; bring out of a specific state ; make (clothes) larger
• uncoverremove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; reveal to view as by removing a cover; 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 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"

Synonyms

• exhibitan object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence ; something shown to the public; show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; to show, make visible or apparent; give an exhibition of to an interested audience; walk ostentatiously
• displayto show, make visible or apparent; attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; something intended to communicate a particular impression; something shown to the public; a visual representation of something ; behavior that makes your feelings public; exhibiting openly in public view; an electronic device that represents information in visual form

• "uncover your belly"
• "The man exposed himself in the subway"

Synonyms

• uncoverremove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; reveal to view as by removing a cover; 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 curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"

Synonyms

• disclosemake known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; reveal to view as by removing a cover
• uncoverremove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; reveal to view as by removing a cover; 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

• queeroffensive term for a homosexual man ; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; homosexual or arousing homosexual desires ; hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
• scupperdrain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard ; wait in hiding to attack ; put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
• endangerpose a threat to; put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
• perila source of danger; a state of danger involving risk ; a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; pose a threat to; put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

• "especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas"
• "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

Synonyms

• debunkexpose while ridiculing

• "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"
• "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"