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unscramble

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un·scram·ble  (n-skrmbl)
tr.v. un·scram·bled, un·scram·bling, un·scram·bles
1. To straighten out or disentangle (a jumble or tangle); resolve.
2. To restore (a scrambled message) to intelligible form.

un·scrambler n.

unscramble
Verb
[-bling, -bled]
1. to sort out something confused or disorderly
2. to restore a scrambled message to an intelligible form
unscrambler n
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Verb1.unscramble - make intelligible; "Can you unscramble the message?"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
scramble - make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it"
2.unscrambleunscramble - become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"
undo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"

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It was her hope that the quiet life and soothing air of Brookport, with--unless you counted the money-in-the-slot musical box at the store--its absence of the fiercer excitements, might in time pull him together and unscramble his disordered nervous system.
 
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