decompressionnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌdiː.kəmˈpreʃ.ən//ˌdiː.kəmˈpreʃ.ən/decompression noun [ U ] (PRESSURE)
a reduction in pressure around someone or something:
Decompression due to altitude has physiological effects.
specialized medical removing harmful pressure on part of the body:
cardiac/cerebral decompression
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Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- miniaturize
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
- take a tumble idiom
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decompression noun [ U ] (DATA)
specialized computing the process of returning or allowing something to return to its original size:
data decompression
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Enlarging and inflating
- balloon
- bloat
- blow
- blow sth up
- blow up
- broaden
- build (sb/sth) up
- deepen
- engorged
- enlarge
- expand
- flare
- fluff sth up
- inflate
- lengthen
- magnification
- puff
- scale sth up
- stretch
- widen
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decompression noun [ U ] (RELAXATION)
mainly US informal the process of relaxing:
Last weekend we were all in need of a little decompression.
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Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circuses idiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- make yourself at home idiom
- relaxation
- settle
- slow down
- soften
- steady
- take things easy idiom
- take/need a cold shower idiom
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