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de·scram·ble [ dee skrámb'l ] (past and past participle de·scram·bled, present participle de·scram·bling, 3rd person present singular de·scram·bles)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
decode: to make intelligible a message transmitted in code form

de·scram·bler noun
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