Cryptanalyze

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To perform cryptanalysis

    "How the Enigma was broken is an unusual story like no other (at least among the cryptanalytic stories that have become known to date). In view of the units produced and the significance of these machines, every effort put into cryptanalyzing them was justified."

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breakcrackdecipherdecode

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"How the Enigma was broken is an unusual story like no other (at least among the cryptanalytic stories that have become known to date). In view of the units produced and the significance of these machines, every effort put into cryptanalyzing them was justified."

Etymology

From crypt- + analyze.

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