decompress
/ˌdiːkəmˈprɛs/
verb
- To relax and release stress or tension, especially after a busy or intense period.
- After a long week at work, I like to decompress by watching a movie.
- Going for a walk helps him decompress after a stressful day.
- She took a deep breath to decompress before her big presentation.
- To reduce the pressure on something, such as a gas or a sealed container.
- The engineer opened a valve to decompress the air tank.
- The diver needed to decompress slowly to avoid getting sick.
- You must decompress the chamber before opening the door.
- To restore a compressed computer file to its original size.
- The program can decompress files in seconds.
- You need special software to decompress the downloaded file.
- I will decompress the zip folder to access the photos.
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