Meaning & use
decompressed
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Released from pressure or compression, or relaxed after a period of stress or tension.
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Divers must ascend slowly so their bodies are properly decompressed.
After the deadline passed, the whole team finally decompressed over dinner.
A note on using this word
Used both literally in physics and diving, and figuratively to describe mental or emotional relaxation.
Words with a similar meaning
relaxeddepressurized
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Words with an opposite meaning
compressedtensed
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