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unzip

 verb
     
Related topics: Computers
un‧zip past tense and past participle unzipped, present participle unzipping [transitive]
1 to unfasten the zip on a bag, piece of clothing etc
2TD to make a computer file its normal size again so that you can use it, after it has been made to use less space
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