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unscramble verb

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Definition

to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way; to decode
You need a decoding device to unscramble some of the signals sent out by satellite and cable TV.

(Definition of unscramble verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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