uncompress

verb

un·com·press ˌən-kəm-ˈpres

uncompressed; uncompressing; uncompresses

transitive verb

computers

: decompress, unzip

… you can view the archived files without having to uncompress, or unzip, them first.—

Inc.

… the file was compressed during the sending process, and your system lacks the necessary utility to uncompress the file.—

Richard Peters and Robert Sikorski

Examples of uncompress in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Store any sleeping bag uncompressed, hanging inside a warm closet. —

Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024 Overnight surgery to uncompress the spine and remove bone fragments. —

Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2018

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