Usually means: Reduce pressure, expand, or relax.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. decompress: Merriam-Webster
  2. decompress: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. decompress: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. decompress: Collins English Dictionary
  5. decompress: Vocabulary.com
  6. Decompress, decompress: Wordnik
  7. decompress: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. decompress: Wiktionary
  9. decompress: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. decompress: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. decompress: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. decompress: Dictionary.com
  13. decompress: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. decompress: Rhymezone
  15. decompress: FreeDictionary.org
  16. decompress: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. decompress: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. decompress: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. decompress: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. decompress: CCI Computer
  3. decompress: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. decompress: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Decompress: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. decompress: Medical dictionary
  5. Decompress: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. decompress: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See decompressed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
verb:  (transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
verb:  (transitive, computing) To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
verb:  (intransitive) To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To relax.

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