uncloaking

Verb

uncloak (third-person singular simple present uncloaks, present participle uncloaking, simple past and past participle uncloaked)

1. (transitive) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
   • 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?1671, Richard Allestree, The Gentleman's Calling, page 124

   Synonyms:

   expose

2. (intransitive) To remove one's cloak.
   • 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.1826, Allan Cunningham, Paul Jones: A Romance, volume 2, page 38
3. (intransitive) To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.
   • 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.2011, David Mack, Rise Like Lions (Star Trek: Mirror Universe)

   Synonyms:

   decloak