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DECRYPT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Convert code into ordinary language

Synonyms:

decipher; decode; decrypt

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "decrypt" is one way to...):

rewrite (write differently; alter the writing of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

decryption (the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text)

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