as in deciphering
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 decrypting
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.
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Use security tools capable of decrypting and inspecting PQC traffic.
—Anand Oswal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Miles Socha, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Use security tools capable of decrypting and inspecting PQC traffic.
—Anand Oswal, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decrypting
deciphering
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Though historians have called for further research before making claims, the proposal of a script rooted in sign language might open the chance to explore a new way of deciphering Mayan art and show the ancient civilization to be even more sophisticated and efficient than scholars even knew.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
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Now, a team of international astronomers has succeeded in deciphering the gravitational wave signal, GW190412, to determine more about the collision and the resulting event that sent an infant black hole hurtling through space.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Decrypting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decrypting. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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