as in to relax
to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety
after she gets home from work, she needs some time to decompress before preparing dinner
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Recent Examples of decompress
Resilience could also mean taking a break to decompress or reevaluate your strategy and identifying the next steps.
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Dr. Angélica S. Gutiérrez, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Day or night, it’s made for plane-gazing, daydreaming, or decompressing.
—Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 June 2025
What was your way to decompress after some of the harder scenes?
—Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2025
The more pleasant environment, which was planned in consultation with dispatchers, includes noise dampening, an on-site gym, and private spaces to decompress from stressful incidents.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Dr. Angélica S. Gutiérrez, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Day or night, it’s made for plane-gazing, daydreaming, or decompressing.
—Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 June 2025
What was your way to decompress after some of the harder scenes?
—Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2025
The more pleasant environment, which was planned in consultation with dispatchers, includes noise dampening, an on-site gym, and private spaces to decompress from stressful incidents.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decompress
relax
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Try to relax, rip currents don't pull you under the water.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
20 July 2025
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Today, this canal is a natural lazy river, at once a testament to the immense history of the land and a relaxing destination to enjoy the unrivaled beauty of the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
19 July 2025
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“Decompress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decompress. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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