Unarchive

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To extract from a digital archive. transitive

    "Do you know what software I need to unarchive these compressed files?"

  2. 2
    To remove from an archived state. transitive

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"Do you know what software I need to unarchive these compressed files?"

Etymology

From un- + archive.

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