EXPOSE

[verb] [T] - to make able to be seen; to leave without protection; to uncoverThe plaster on the walls has been removed to expose the original bricks underneath.He damaged his leg so badly in the accident that the bone was exposed (= could be seen).The soldiers were exposed to (= left without protection against) considerable danger. [T]It is feared that people living near the power station may have been exposed to (= left without protection against and harmed by) radiation.(figurative) His beliefs expose him to (= make him likely to experience) ridicule, but he won't give them up.The newspaper story exposed him as (= showed that he was) a liar. [T]Investigators have exposed a plot to kill the president.When she went to college, Kate was exposed (= introduced) to a lot of new ideas.He was found guilty of exposing himself (= showing his sexual organs in public) to schoolgirls. [T]This photograph was under-/over-exposed (= too little/too much light was allowed to reach the film). [T]