Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To unscramble (a coded message or signal, for example).
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- verb To
decode orunscramble acoded signal
Etymologies
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Examples
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“It could take a week to descramble the codes, but manual control should still be available.”
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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Depending on the question, you may need to identify a person or ship, say what is missing from a still, answer a question about a scene (the infamous 'blue gel' scene from Enterprise is here), descramble words and phrases, or, perhaps my favorite, give the name of the episode based on a short audio clip.
REVIEW: Scene It? Star Trek Deluxe Addition by Screen Life 2009
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Now the term is often used by the pirates who are attempting to descramble programming not meant for them and/or for ones they are supposed to pay for.
FTA 2009
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“It could take a week to descramble the codes, but manual control should still be available.”
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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Get out your DC decoder rings to descramble this message.
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After sneaking his son's cell phone out of his military quarters, Hank hires a local techie to descramble the video files on the damaged chip.
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Interpol says new technology has allowed it to descramble his face.
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Miss Snark says: you were in the running right up till you wanted to descramble the prom channel.
Archive 2006-06-11 Miss Snark 2006
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The encryption has been broken, however, and programs to descramble DVDs can be found all over the internet.
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The encryption has been broken, however, and programs to descramble DVDs can be found all over the internet.
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