undresses

verb

present tense third-person singular of undress
1
as in strips
to remove clothing from I quickly undressed myself and pulled on a set of dry clothes

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2
as in exposes
to reveal the true nature of a self-styled financial investor who was eventually undressed as a con artist running a pyramid scheme

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  1. strips
  2. exposes
  3. uncovers
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  • And typically, the extreme radiation around these stars totally strips the atmospheres from the planets orbiting them, so astronomers have wondered if planets orbiting these stars can have an atmosphere at all.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 16 July 2026
  • Nomono also has a lighter version called the Stellar Kit that strips the system down to two lavalier microphones and a mobile app.
    — Damion Taylor, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
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  • Anti-ICE walkout exposes how school district 'failed' parents, risked student safety.
    — , FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • To Slaughter and many others, this carveout doesn’t make sense and exposes the weakness in Roberts’s reasoning.
    — Cristian Farias, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
Definition of exposes
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  • Iván stars as Joseph Santiago, a former felon who uncovers a corporate cover-up while investigating a car accident on behalf of a victim’s family.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • Angels In Darkness follows a troubled private investigator who uncovers a secret cult’s plan to unleash an ancient force, as the boundary between worlds begins to collapse.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 July 2026
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