Uncloak

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
2. (intransitive) To remove one's cloak.
3. (intransitive, science fiction) To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.

Example Sentences

And will none have so much Charity, so much Zeal for publick Concern, as to uncloak this Impostour, and shew the dazled World what it is it thus bows to?

She attended all our guests, most rigorously insisted on uncloaking and unshawling them, whether they would or not; […]

Nay, but my fireside's not the deck—I am mistress here; so let me uncloak thee." She seized his cloak, and, not without a slight resistance on his part, unclasped the collar, and threw it aside.

Don't try to target the Klingons as they uncloak, you won't have time. Just use the phasers to make a nofly zone between us and the Takagi.

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• uncloaks
• uncloaking
• uncloaked

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