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bare

adjective as in without clothing

adjective as in without covering or content

adjective as in simple, unadorned

verb as in reveal

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The state of recovery could be seen Wednesday in the bare wooden foundations of buildings in the process of reconstruction.

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The prosecutor continued: "Their plans were laid bare through their communication with Farouk and, as a result, the police were able to stop those plans from becoming a tragic reality."

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There’s a specific pointedness to the fact that Linda, who bares her soul to a colleague played by Conan O’Brien, is charged with managing other peoples’ issues as a mental health professional.

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"My eyes were blindfolded, but I could hear men and children and they started to lynch me with their bare hands, and the kids' shoes start to hit me when I was on the ground."

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“I just wanted to lay it all very bare.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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