DESCRAMBLING Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

descrambling

verb

present participle of descramble

as in decoding

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That makes decoding and playback capabilities an important part of the television itself.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
While Swift herself was chatting with Tom Cruise at Travis Kelce’s first Kansas City Chiefs home game of the season, Swifties went into full-on investigation mode, decoding every minor detail from the four-minute video.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of decoding

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The deadline has prompted security engineers to focus preparations to ward off harvest-now-decrypt-later (HNDL, and also store now, decrypt later) threats, in which adversaries squirrel away encrypted data flowing over the Internet with the plan of decrypting it on Q-Day—the date a CRQC arrives.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
WhatsApp and Signal are best known for using end-to-end encryption, which can prevent even the messaging services themselves from decrypting user chats.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of decrypting

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And navigating a website might involve deciphering images or knowing what links to click.

— Jennifer D. Kobrin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
The prevention of future pandemics relies on information from previous outbreaks, which is one reason why deciphering the origins of the COVID-19 began is important.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026

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The actor Martinez also joins in on the creaturely fun by doubling as Chupacabrón, a wise-cracking cryptid who guides Yamel through the underworld.

— Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
In a moment of dead air between songs, as Lynch left the stage and Ferrone (who manned the skins through the latter half of the Heartbreakers’ career) claimed it, Campbell and Stapleton could be seen sharing some words and cracking each other up.

— Adam Gold, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026

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