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decompress

[dee-kuhm-pres] / ˌdi kəmˈprɛs /


VERB
reduce pressure
Synonyms
STRONG
depressurize
WEAK
Antonyms


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The drive home to North Hollywood is considerably shorter than the drive to Long Beach because the freeways are mostly empty at that late hour, and he uses that time to decompress and relax.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

That freedom helps them decompress, build resilience, and develop healthy habits for life.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

Hosted at King Charles III’s private estate in Aberdeenshire, the vacation is normally a time for the wider royal clan to get together, decompress, have barbecues and go hunting, away from the public eye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Dr Jess Miller, a neuropsychologist at the University of Cambridge, said there were fewer opportunities for some officers to decompress with their colleagues, particularly if they were working alone.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

They encouraged me to take as much time as I needed to relax and decompress after a crazy Olympic experience.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

"Once you take a piece away, the tissue decompresses like a flat tire," Purmessur Walter said.

From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024

As Pedro decompresses on the golf course, they zip around the country club in their golf carts as a few bewildered seniors look on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

In the offseason, Rodgers decompresses with non-football activities, such as the darkness retreat in Oregon he used to do some self-reflection - and ultimately led him to the Jets.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

In the offseason, Rodgers decompresses with non-football activities, such as the darkness retreat in Oregon he used to do some self-reflection — and ultimately led him to the Jets.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

Manning’s memoir decompresses the false equivalences that have been required of her and reconstructs the epiphanies that cemented her political convictions.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022

That means beginning with a red ball, which is decompressed and has little bounce, before progressing to an orange, green and then the regular yellow ball.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023

It was “the place where I decompressed, and thought through all the problems,” he said.

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022

“A lot of shelters have decompressed, meaning they’re spreading beds apart, but it’s still a risky place to be for transmission of COVID-19.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2020

Like “Queens,” Gratton’s new novel is gigantic and decompressed: Though it’s full of battles and political machinations, it’s also very slow.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2020

“He was overmedicated. He went sideways uncontrollably. When we got him, we basically decompressed him and he’s been a model. And I see this kid going places.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2018

A luxury backyard sauna and cold plunge could make sense for decompressing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The extensively engineered retaining wall and thoughtful landscaping transformed the property into a series of expansive outdoor living spaces designed for entertaining, decompressing, and fully embracing the indoor-outdoor lifestyle.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

On Friday, part of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 fuselage blew out at 16,000 feet on an Alaska Airlines flight out of Portland, leaving a large hole and decompressing the passenger cabin.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

“Right now we’re decompressing but in a few days we’ll be focusing on that goal for sure,” she said after receiving a hug from Clark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2023

An outgrowth of chaos mathematics, it is being used for compressing and decompressing high quality images.

From The Online World by Odd De Presno


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