plural -s
1
: the act or process of decrypting
2
: the result of decrypting
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Verb
decrypting the Germans' code was one of the Allies' greatest triumphs
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
This strategy is called harvest now, decrypt later (HNDL).
—Ed Leavens, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
But that data still needs to be decrypted before cloud servers or virtual machines can perform any kind of computation on it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
That logic worked before harvest; now, decrypt later attacks existed.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Those messages, however, are taken from the reporting party’s device only after they have been decrypted using the decryption keys available only to the reporting party.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
This strategy is called harvest now, decrypt later (HNDL).
—Ed Leavens, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
But that data still needs to be decrypted before cloud servers or virtual machines can perform any kind of computation on it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
That logic worked before harvest; now, decrypt later attacks existed.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for decrypt
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“Decrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decrypt. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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