Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An electronic device that decodes a scrambled transmission into a signal that is intelligible to the recipient.

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  • noun Something that descrambles.

Etymologies

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de- +‎ scrambler

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Examples

  • Guess I won't be needing to borrow the descrambler anymore.

    Another Time Robin Was Almost Black 2009

  • Guess I won't be needing to borrow the descrambler anymore.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • Speaking of the Spice Channel, true story: When I was 16 I a friend of mine took all of my his money from working at the supermarket and bought a descrambler cable box.

    JOHNNY KNOXVILLE TORE HIS URETHRA 2008

  • Since the dawn of the business in the 1970s, the delivery system hasn't changed much: operators install "addressable" descrambler boxes in the home which can be turned on and off by the cable company like a light switch.

    Video Stores, Watch Out 2008

  • Once the wires were connected to his handheld descrambler, it was only a matter of seconds before the screen showed him the code.

    Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006

  • Once the wires were connected to his handheld descrambler, it was only a matter of seconds before the screen showed him the code.

    Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006

  • [Winstein shows Valenti his six-line “qrpff” DVD descrambler.]

    Boing Boing: April 25, 2004 - May 1, 2004 Archives 2004

  • Once the wires were connected to his handheld descrambler, it was only a matter of seconds before the screen showed him the code.

    Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006

  • Once the wires were connected to his handheld descrambler, it was only a matter of seconds before the screen showed him the code.

    Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006

  • The Appeal Court overturned the injunction banning the posting of the code on the web, finding a first amendment violation; also that there was no evidence that CSS was a trade secret when Bunner posted the descrambler.

    Archive 2004-02-29 2004

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