uncloaking
Dropping the disguise
Uncloaking is the act of becoming visible or revealing something previously hidden.
The term comes from science fiction, where spacecraft equipped with cloaking devices can become invisible—uncloaking is when they reappear.
In computing and gaming, uncloaking describes disabling stealth or invisibility features.
More broadly, it suggests any dramatic revelation: The journalist's uncloaking of the corruption scheme made headlines.
Act of revealing information
- unmaskingRevealing what's hidden
- exposureState of being unprotected
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- discoveryAct of finding something
reveal · exposé · outing · whistleblowing · confession · admission · divulgence · betrayal
State of being unseen
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- veilFabric that obscures
shroud · shield · screen · cover · hidden · covert · furtive · surreptitious
Input-detecting device
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- sonarUnderwater detection by echoes
- scannerDevice that reads data
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
surveillance · tracking · monitoring · shimmer · distortion · anomaly · signature · thermal
disclosure
Act of revealing information
discovery · reveal · exposé · outing · whistleblowing · confession · admission · divulgence · betrayal · leakage
invisibility
State of being unseen
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
veil · shroud · shield · screen · cover · hidden · covert · furtive · surreptitious · ghosting
sensor
Input-detecting device
infrared · surveillance · tracking · monitoring · shimmer · distortion · anomaly · signature · thermal · decryption
uncloakingcloaking
Act of hiding something
hiding · concealing · masking · shrouding · veiling
uncloakingcovering up
Hiding wrongdoing from others
concealing · disguising · hiding · masquerading · suppressing
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