"decrunch" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: decrunches [present, singular, third-person], decrunching [participle, present], decrunched [participle, past], decrunched [past]
Etymology: de- + crunch Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|crunch}} de- + crunch Head templates: {{en-verb}} decrunch (third-person singular simple present decrunches, present participle decrunching, simple past and past participle decrunched)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, computing) To decompress (data) previously compressed by crunching. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

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