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
Behind the framework lies a technology called fully homomorphic encryption, or FHE, a cryptographic technique enabling computing on encrypted data without needing to decrypt it.
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IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
The service decrypts the ticket and checks if the account is allowed access on that service and if so, with what level of privileges.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
If the payment comes from a mobile wallet, the orchestration layer must decrypt the token and determine which acquirer has the highest success rate or lowest fee.
—Andrew Riabchuk, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Passepartout is also a wink at a long-running Italian television series in the early 2000s hosted by art historian Philippe Daverio, which made discovering and decrypting art very entertaining.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
The service decrypts the ticket and checks if the account is allowed access on that service and if so, with what level of privileges.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
If the payment comes from a mobile wallet, the orchestration layer must decrypt the token and determine which acquirer has the highest success rate or lowest fee.
—Andrew Riabchuk, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Passepartout is also a wink at a long-running Italian television series in the early 2000s hosted by art historian Philippe Daverio, which made discovering and decrypting art very entertaining.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decrypt
decipher
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Dreams are a concept that humans have been fascinated with deciphering for thousands of years.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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Its inscriptions are currently being deciphered.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Decrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decrypt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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