Break and Encrypt

Break

Break verb - To change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language.
Usage example: Alan Turing and the Bletchley Park mathematicians broke the Enigma code being used by the Nazis

Encrypt is an antonym for break.

Encrypt

Encrypt verb - Convert ordinary language into code.
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Synonyms for Encrypt

Break is an antonym for encrypt.

Nearby Words: encryption, encrypted, encrypting
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