Decrypt is an English word with synonyms like decode or decipher. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Decrypt in a sentence
Related words
Decrypt meaning
To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
Using Decrypt
- The main meaning on this page is: To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
- Useful related words include: decode, decipher, rewrite, encode.
- In the example corpus, decrypt often appears in combinations such as: to decrypt, decrypt the, and decrypt.
Context around Decrypt
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Decrypt
- In this selection, "decrypt" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, intelligence, ransomware, information, sensitive and data stand out and add context to how "decrypt" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include to decrypt the file and user to decrypt the symmetric. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "decrypt" sits close to words such as abnormality, absenteeism and absorbent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with decrypt
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They lack the special and secret intimacy one would want to read and decrypt. (14 words)
The same day, the New York-based UN IT analysts were struggling to decrypt the file. (16 words)
The F.B.I. should follow the example of European law enforcement and help victims of ransomware decrypt their data. (20 words)
In the past it has not been clear within the scope of those laws, whether the government could force a company to decrypt information or provide other technical assistance in order to provide access to the plain text of encrypted data. (41 words)
What is slightly ironic is that Apple kicked up a serious fuss when ordered by the FBI to decrypt an iPhone 5C used by a terrorist gunman in San Bernardino shooting of 2015, citing it would set a dangerous precedent. (40 words)
An Ultra intelligence decrypt on the 12th indicated that 2nd Panzer was on its way to support Panzer Lehr in the neighborhood of Villers-Bocage, but it still had some way to go to reach the battle area. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The receiver of the message then uses their private key to decrypt the message thus removing the digital envelope and then uses the sender's public key to decrypt the sender's digital signature.
To decrypt the file, the file system uses the private key of the user to decrypt the symmetric key stored in the file header.
To decrypt the file, the file system uses the private key of the user to decrypt the symmetric key that is stored in the file header.
If you can't open an encrypted email in Outlook, it could be because you don't have the right encryption key or certificate to decrypt the message.
These steps are repeated until the encryption is complete and the same process is used in reverse to decrypt the data.
It might be feasible for a bad actor to decrypt the data, despite your believing that it is encrypted and unusable.
According to Mr. Stamos, the report suggests that FTI investigators had access to the data necessary to decrypt the file in question and examine it for malicious software.
An Ultra intelligence decrypt on the 12th indicated that 2nd Panzer was on its way to support Panzer Lehr in the neighborhood of Villers-Bocage, but it still had some way to go to reach the battle area.
In the past it has not been clear within the scope of those laws, whether the government could force a company to decrypt information or provide other technical assistance in order to provide access to the plain text of encrypted data.
Iran has asked France to decrypt the black boxes from downed Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, sources close to the investigation said Friday.
This means that Zoom holds the keys to decrypt this data and is able to view your video meetings as this traffic is sent to its servers.
The F.B.I. should follow the example of European law enforcement and help victims of ransomware decrypt their data.
The same day, the New York-based UN IT analysts were struggling to decrypt the file.
They lack the special and secret intimacy one would want to read and decrypt.
EKM gives Enterprise Grid customers keys used to encrypt and decrypt sensitive data stored in the popular team chat app.
Exposed information includes names, passport numbers and the company says credit card numbers and card expiration dates were potentially compromised but it hasn’t been determined if the hackers were able to decrypt the card numbers.
He said the decision was due to the fact that Iran did not have the necessary tools and equipment to decrypt the black box.
In case there is no such person at the Telegraph to decrypt that signal let me spell it out for them.
Most professional criminals use commercial grade encryption and to locate a key to decrypt data would take “astronomical effort in terms of computing,” Fernandez said.
What is slightly ironic is that Apple kicked up a serious fuss when ordered by the FBI to decrypt an iPhone 5C used by a terrorist gunman in San Bernardino shooting of 2015, citing it would set a dangerous precedent.
Common combinations with decrypt
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to decrypt 39×
- decrypt the 27×
- and decrypt 8×
- decrypt it 5×
- can decrypt 5×
- decrypt and 4×
- decrypt information 2×
- decrypt files 2×
- cannot decrypt 2×
- then decrypt 2×