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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Recent Examples of undresses The actor plays a child predator, who fully undresses in front of Skyler Gisondo’s character. — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undresses
  1. strips
  2. exposes
  3. uncovers
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  • This distinctly North Korean punishment, used especially to discipline and defenestrate high officials, strips a person of office and sends him to perform physical labor and political reeducation, often in the countryside.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The four-week average of claims, which strips out week-to-week volatility, fell to 196,750.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of strips
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  • Aldebert said the issue exposes a broader vulnerability for Nvidia as questions about its leadership and eventual succession come into focus.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Ericka exposes Paulina's toxic behavior and shows her up during a performance of Whitney Houston's Greatest Love of All.
    — Kristian Monroe, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of exposes
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  • As her pregnancy progresses, the other women begin to vanish one by one, Jhoana uncovers the nefarious secret the agency is hiding.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Independence matters most when problems emerge The real test of independent oversight comes when an assessment uncovers something a developer would rather not hear.
    — Avani Desai, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
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“Undresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undresses. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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