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   decompress

   /ˌdiːkəmˈprɛs/

   verb

   • 1. relieve or reduce the pressure on (something).
   • ▪ subject (a diver) to decompression: "when a worker is suddenly decompressed, he should be placed in the airlock"
   • ▪ expand (compressed data) to its normal size so that it can be read and processed by a computer: "it takes less time to load a small file and decompress it than to pull a larger file off the disk"
   • 2. calm down and relax: informal North American "Michael sits for a minute to decompress before walking home"

   Scrabble Points: 17

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