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We think the answer is "EXPOSING" which means:

    noun
  • • The exposure of an impostor or a fraud
  • verb
  • • Expose or make accessible to some action or influence
  • • Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  • • To show, make visible or apparent
  • • Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
  • • Reveal to view as by removing a cover
  • • Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
  • • Expose to light, of photographic film
  • • Expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
  • • Abandon by leaving out in the open air

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The exposing sun left her with a deep tan."
  • • "He suffered from an exposing wardrobe malfunction on stage."

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