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
What Zimmermann had not anticipated was that a team of British code breakers was intercepting wireless communications and decrypting them in a secret location, known simply as Room 40, in the British Naval Office.
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Timothy W. Ryback, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
This proactive approach involves not only the technical challenge of upgrading encryption methods, but also ensuring that critical data—some of which might be harvested now and decrypted later—remains protected as quantum hardware scales.
—Yuval Boger, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The folder isn’t decrypted by default, and is opened by your device’s unlock, this enables other apps to access the folder.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Working the night shift, the onetime president of his graduating class decrypted copies of codes obtained from local telegraph operators.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
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Timothy W. Ryback, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
This proactive approach involves not only the technical challenge of upgrading encryption methods, but also ensuring that critical data—some of which might be harvested now and decrypted later—remains protected as quantum hardware scales.
—Yuval Boger, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The folder isn’t decrypted by default, and is opened by your device’s unlock, this enables other apps to access the folder.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Working the night shift, the onetime president of his graduating class decrypted copies of codes obtained from local telegraph operators.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decrypt
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On paper, the perfect match might not be difficult to decipher, and Lucy very much looks at the numbers.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
2 May 2025
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Sentiment analysis deciphers client emotions in email and on websites, refining interactions for deeper rapport.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Decrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decrypt. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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