to scramble
85
7.9
- verb
- /ˈskræmbəl/
- Specialized
:
cifrar
- Encryption is a way to scramble your communications.
- scramble the data
So reversing and and you know, re scrambling letters in the order of mutilation.
- So reversing and and you know, re scrambling letters in the order of mutilation.
- And the idea is that basically operators are things that act on objects and scramble them.
- Tread very, very slowly, especially if you have already experienced narcissistic relationships, which is an experience that can scramble our past signals.
Examples
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Surely doing that to the encoded message would just scramble it still further.
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Sometimes the signal gets scrambled.
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I thought these sat dishes would scramble their signals.
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As Justice investigates, defense lawyers scramble to learn the nature of the allegations, who filed them, and where.
Academic text (2006) -
Government officials throughout Central America scrambled to explain the legend hoax and its widespread effects.
Academic text (2016) -
Now the city's officials were scrambling to patch together a makeshift replacement for the telephone system.
Fiction book (1996) -
Under pressure to open more reserves to fulfill Brazil's demand, the government scrambles to revise tax codes.
Academic text (2012) -
"Midwest Telephone technicians are scrambling to deal with a major telecommunications outage affecting the company's entire service area."
Fiction book (1996) -
To secure the conversation, we should scramble the messages using advanced encryption technology.
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The hackers attempted to scramble the data transmission to prevent detection by cybersecurity teams.
Synonyms
33
4.8
Mix things up so they are unclear
28
4.7
To make a story or idea hard to understand
17
9.1
To make facts or information unclear on purpose
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
A chaotic rushed situation that happens because of poor planning
How Obscured
- Specialized
54
6.7
- Specialized
85
7.9
8
8.0
∞
1.0
28
8.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word scramble keeps the idea of 'mixing up'; imagine letters or sounds being tossed together like eggs in a pan. That's why to scramble a message is to make it unreadable unless someone can 'unscramble' it.