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On Merriam-Webster Online there are almost always multiple words to click on in a search. I clicked on "exposed" and got the above, but for "expose" here's what it says:
1 a: to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition b: to submit or make accessible to a particular action or influence ; especially : to subject (a sensitive photographic film, plate, or paper) to radiant energy c: to abandon (an infant) especially by leaving in the open 2 a: to make known : bring to light (as something shameful) b: to disclose the faults or crimes of 3: to cause to be visible or open to view : display: as a: to offer publicly for sale b: to exhibit for public veneration c: to reveal the face of (a playing card) or the cards of (a player's hand) d: to engage in indecent exposure of (oneself)