descramble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for descramble
Verb
  • Everyone had to balance a vase on a wheelbarrow over some obstacles and then use a bunch of blocks to unscramble a word and make an arch puzzle.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 May 2025
  • With an encrypted message, the sender and recipient share a key that unscrambles its contents.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2014
Verb
  • Your first clue is typically a ransom note that pops up, demanding Bitcoin or other untraceable payment to decrypt your files.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 June 2025
  • Bad actors harvest encrypted data today, ready to decrypt it once quantum computing capabilities are mature enough to crack existing encryption techniques, exposing sensitive data to large-scale breaches.
    Usman Javaid, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • While high-end IEMs provide the very best sound quality, they are limited by the tether of their cable and need an external DAC to decode the hi-res music source.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • After taking a photo of the ice and converting it to grayscale, the researchers trained a computer to decode the message by detecting the position and size of bubbles based on their grayscale value (regions without bubbles are dark gray, while bubbles are almost white).
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • In other words, there was too much atmospheric static to decipher information using classical techniques.
    Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 21 June 2025
  • Mortgage professionals have mastered the art of deciphering hidden meanings, changing fears into wisdom and confusion into action.
    Neil Anders, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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“Descramble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descramble. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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