as in deciphered
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 decrypted
Were passwords exposed or decrypted?
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Various e-mails sent by Fassih from Dublin were later decrypted by the Dutch police.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
For any dynamic routing logic to work, the token must be decrypted, allowing orchestration platforms to reroute transactions intelligently and maximize approval rates.
—Andrew Riabchuk, Forbes.com, 11 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
Anything encrypted with the public key can be decrypted only with the private key, and vice versa.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2020
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Various e-mails sent by Fassih from Dublin were later decrypted by the Dutch police.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
For any dynamic routing logic to work, the token must be decrypted, allowing orchestration platforms to reroute transactions intelligently and maximize approval rates.
—Andrew Riabchuk, Forbes.com, 11 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
Anything encrypted with the public key can be decrypted only with the private key, and vice versa.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decrypted
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Researchers using advanced imaging technology have deciphered 79 previously invisible inscriptions — including love notes, drawings of gladiators, and everyday messages — on a wall in the ancient city of Pompeii, offering a rare window into the lives of ordinary people nearly 2,000 years ago.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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Using this method, researchers deciphered 79 additional inscriptions that had eluded scholars for generations.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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