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laid bare

adjective as in exposed

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Paying tribute to Fugard, South Africa's Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie hailed him as "a fearless storyteller who laid bare the harsh realities of apartheid through his plays".

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A new Bollywood film - Mrs - has once again laid bare a stark reality: even in well-educated households in India a woman's role is often confined to unpaid domestic work.

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His words laid bare the terrible cruelty of serial killers and they've haunted me ever since.

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Contrasted with three-in-a-row champions Celtic's £13.4m profit, Rangers' failure to reach the Champions League group stage last season or league phase this term was laid bare.

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Returning a conclusion of suicide, it said a note found laid bare how he "felt let down and unheard by the system and by the prison staff".

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

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