cloak v.
to make invisible or undetectable, esp. by means of a cloaking device n.
Star Trek
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1984
Diane Duane
Peter Morwood
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It amused her that a people who had attained warpflight and who had learned how to cloak something the size of a battlecruiser still couldn’t buy meat and vegetables without haggling like the feudal societies she had studied in college.
The Romulan Way 148
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1984
Diane Duane
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Fire burn it, we can build a device that can cloak a whole starship, but we can’t find a way to keep people’s hands from sweating.
My Enemy, my Ally 165
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1995
Dean Wesley Smith
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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I don’t think so, Captain. It was almost as if the humanoid cloaked.
The Escape (Star Trek: Voyager) x. 110
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2017
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David A. Goodman
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The Romulans, the last time Starfleet had seen them, had perfected their ability to ‘cloak’ their ships from Starfleet detection devices. No doubt in the intervening years their technology had continued to improve.
Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard v. 108 -
2021
James Swallow
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‘Perhaps we should cloak,’ suggested Maian. ‘No. The time for stealth is over,’ she retorted.
Dark Veil 260
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Research History
Suggested by Randy HoffmanChris Murrian submitted cites from Diane Duane's 1984 My Enemy, "My Ally".
Chris Murrian submitted cites from “The Romulan Way” (1987) by Diane Duane and Peter Morwood.
Bee Ostrowsky submitted a 2021 cite from a Star Trek novel by James Swallow.
We would like further cites of any date from other authors, particularly from non-Star Trek related books.
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