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DECOMPRESSING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decompressing mean?
• DECOMPRESSING (noun)
The noun DECOMPRESSING has 1 sense:
1. relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)
Familiarity information: DECOMPRESSING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
decompressing; decompression
Hypernyms ("decompressing" is a kind of...):
alleviation; easement; easing; relief (the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance))
Derivation:
decompress (decrease the pressure of)
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