decrypt
Use decrypt in a sentence
verb (used with object)
to decode or decipher.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to decode (a message) with or without previous knowledge of its key |
| 2. | to make intelligible (a television or other signal) that has been deliberately distorted for transmission |
| [C20: from | |
| de'crypted | |
| —adj | |
| de'cryption | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
The only feasible way to decrypt the data today is to try every possible encrypt key, hoping that one will work.
People employ public-key to distribute regular, symmetric keys, which are then used to encrypt and decrypt actual messages.
Any data exchanged over that link is then encrypted and is practically impossible for an attacker to decrypt.
When the client receives the confirmation, it knows that the server had the proper private keys needed to decrypt the session key.
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