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Decompressing

noun
1.
Relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure).  Synonym: decompression.


Decompress

verb
1.
Restore to its uncompressed form.  Synonym: uncompress.
2.
Decrease the pressure of.  Synonyms: depressurise, depressurize.
3.
Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease.  Synonyms: loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind.  "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"



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... decompressing on Macintosh and IBM, a slow process right now. Eventually, compression and decompression will take place on an image conversion server. Trade-offs will be made, based on future performance testing, concerning where the file is compressed and what resolution image ...
— LOC WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC TEXTS • James Daly


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