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Decompress

//diːkəmˈpɹɛs// verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To relieve the pressure or compression on something. transitive
  2. 2
    become less tense, rest, or take one's ease wordnet
  3. 3
    To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure. transitive
  4. 4
    decrease the pressure of wordnet
  5. 5
    To restore (compressed data) to its original form. transitive
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  1. 6
    restore to its uncompressed form wordnet
  2. 7
    To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure. intransitive

    "The bad news is we got eight hours in this can blowin' down… And the worse news is, it's gonna take us three weeks to decompress later."

  3. 8
    To relax. informal, intransitive

    "[T]he idea began before lockdown, when he went on holiday to Thailand to decompress from the pressures of life in the music industry."

Etymology

From de- + compress.

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