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Meaning of decompress

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  decompress
      v 1: restore to its uncompressed form; "decompress data" [syn:
           {decompress}, {uncompress}] [ant: {compact}, {compress},
           {pack together}]
      2: decrease the pressure of; "depressurize the cabin in the air
         plane" [syn: {depressurize}, {depressurise}, {decompress}]
         [ant: {pressurise}, {pressurize}]
      3: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in
         the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn:
         {relax}, {loosen up}, {unbend}, {unwind}, {decompress}, {slow
         down}] [ant: {tense}, {tense up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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