cryptanalyze

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verb

To perform cryptanalysis

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Meanings

verbcryptanalyze (third-person singular simple present cryptanalyzes, present participle cryptanalyzing, simple past and past participle cryptanalyzed)

present singular third person cryptanalyzes · participle present cryptanalyzing · participle past cryptanalyzed · past cryptanalyzed

  1. To perform cryptanalysis

    How the Enigma was broken is an unusual story like no other (at least among the cryptanalytic stories that have become known to date). In view of the units produced and the significance of these machines, every effort put into cryptanalyzing them was justified.

    2007, Reinhard Wobst, “Cryptology from the Romans to World War II”, in Angelika Shafir, transl., Cryptology Unlocked, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, →ISBN, section 5 (Domain of the Militaries: Ciphering Cylinders, Rotor Machines, and the Enigma), subsection 2 (The Cryptanalysis of Enigma), page 45

Origin

From crypt- + analyze.

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APA

cryptanalyze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptanalyze

MLA

“cryptanalyze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptanalyze. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryptanalyze,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptanalyze.

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