"untar" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: untars [present, singular, third-person], untaring [participle, present], untarring [participle, present], untared [participle, past], untared [past], untarred [participle, past], untarred [past]
Etymology: un- + tar Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|tar}} un- + tar Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=untarred|pres_ptc2=untarring}} untar (third-person singular simple present untars, present participle untaring or untarring, simple past and past participle untared or untarred)
  1. (computing, transitive) To extract from a tar archive. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

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