decompress
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /diːkəmˈpɹɛs/
decompress (decompresses, present participle decompressing; past and past participle decompressed)
- (transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
- (transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
- (transitive, computing) To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
- (intransitive) To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
- (intransitive, informal) To relax.
- French: décomprimer
- Italian: decomprimere
- French: décompresser
- Italian: decomprimere
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