unscramble
verb (used with object)
to bring out of a scrambled condition; reduce to order or intelligibility.
unscrambled
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past participleof unscramble.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof unscramble.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
unscrambleverb (used with object)to bring out of a scrambled condition; reduce to order or intelligibility.
Example Sentences
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Infecting smartphones or other gadgets being used for WhatsApp messages meant the content of messages encrypted during transmission could be accessed after they were unscrambled.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
But many messaging services currently offer end-to-end encryption - so messages can be unscrambled by only the devices sending and receiving them.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023
Only the recipient can see the unscrambled message.
From Fox News ● Jan. 11, 2021
Some contained codes, devised by Anson Stager, general manager of U.S. military telegraphs, that inserted decoy words or arbitraries into messages that were unscrambled with cipher charts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2016
One such application is to coding theory, which allows government officials, bankers, and others to pass classified sensitive information without fear that it will be unscrambled.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
