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to decompress
01
to relax and release tension, especially after a period of stress or pressure
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
decompress
3rd person singular
decompresses
Past simple
decompressed
Past participle
decompressed
Examples
After a challenging day, she needs time to decompress and relax.
02
to release or lessen the pressure applied to something
Transitive: to decompress the pressure on something
Examples
The surgeon carefully decompressed the nerve to reduce pain.
03
to convert data back to its original size and format after being compressed
Transitive: to decompress digital data or files
Examples
The program automatically decompresses the file when you open it.
Lexical Tree
decompress
compress
