as in deciphers
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 decrypts
The process decrypts RxRPC payloads using a single-block process.
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
Years later, a quantum computer decrypts everything at once.
—J Nathaniel Ader, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
Years later, a quantum computer decrypts everything at once.
—J Nathaniel Ader, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decrypts
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Qualcomm’s chip can run Linux, along with Arduino software, and can even do computer vision, which deciphers what a camera sees and translates it into software.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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With that base knowledge and his opponent’s game tape, Nolan analyzes wide receiver alignments and deciphers the offense's attack.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Sep. 2025
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Now, in the journal Nature Neuroscience, a team describes a solution that decodes a person's brain waves to choose which voice their hearing system will amplify.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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Potier decodes that practically illegible document and creates a 3-D realization that grows from a fantastically complex swirl of interlocking geometries.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Decrypts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decrypts. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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