Bare and Secret

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Bare verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).

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Secret is an antonym for bare in topics: reveal, without clothing.

Nearby Words: barely, bared, bareness

Secret adjective - Undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others.

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Bare is an antonym for secret.

Referenced by Penny in RWBY, in which she tells Ruby, "I'm not a real girl." after the former stops a truck with her bare hands, exposing her secret.

Source: Become a Real Boy
It's especially likely to be asked if the character in question doesn't have magical powers or super abilities that would enable them to believably carve out the insides of a mountain for a secret hideout with their own bare hands and a spare weekend.

Source: Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?
In Secret Avengers Barbara even drops a gun in order to beat Forson half to death with her bare hands.

Source: Comic Book / Mockingbird

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