as in to decipher
to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language
decrypting the Germans' code was one of the Allies' greatest triumphs
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Recent Examples of decrypt
To prevent two of them from colluding to cook the results, each trustee holds a third of the cryptographic key material needed to decrypt results.
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ArsTechnica, 22 Nov. 2025
Downey’s explanation is played over the video Wayne has managed to decrypt after an afternoon playing Joe’s records and eating egg rolls.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2025
Various e-mails sent by Fassih from Dublin were later decrypted by the Dutch police.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Your associate applies the key again to decrypt the message.
—PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 22 Nov. 2025
Downey’s explanation is played over the video Wayne has managed to decrypt after an afternoon playing Joe’s records and eating egg rolls.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2025
Various e-mails sent by Fassih from Dublin were later decrypted by the Dutch police.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Your associate applies the key again to decrypt the message.
—PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
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As an avalanche and dead bodies ratchet up the suspense, Zach must lean on his mother’s wisdom to fight for his life while deciphering a confusing undercurrent of danger, violence and betrayal among the survivors.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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But this can be tricky to decipher without a medical degree.—
Korin Miller,
Flow Space,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Decrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decrypt. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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