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
For any dynamic routing logic to work, the token must be decrypted, allowing orchestration platforms to reroute transactions intelligently and maximize approval rates.
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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
That means today’s private videos, stored on cloud platforms or transmitted over the internet, could be decrypted years from now.
—Yashas Hariprasad, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
There's no need to decrypt any intel to watch 20th Century Studios' The Amateur starting June 10 via digital platforms, including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home, and on 4K UHD and Blu-ray beginning July 8.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
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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
That means today’s private videos, stored on cloud platforms or transmitted over the internet, could be decrypted years from now.
—Yashas Hariprasad, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
There's no need to decrypt any intel to watch 20th Century Studios' The Amateur starting June 10 via digital platforms, including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home, and on 4K UHD and Blu-ray beginning July 8.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decrypt
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Its strong first-week performance suggests there is, in fact, an audience hoping to decipher the mind of Ye all of these years later.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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Many of which have yet to be deciphered.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Decrypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decrypt. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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