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Reopen vs Unbrick - What's the difference?

reopen | unbrick |

In transitive terms the difference between reopen and unbrick

is that reopen is to open (something) again while unbrick is to reopen something bricked up.

reopen

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To open (something) again.
  • * 1920 , Breckinridge Long, US Ambassador to Italy, a speech titled
    • From the moment of the declaration by Germany, she would reopen her inhuman warfare by the indiscriminate use of submarines.
  • To open again.
  • * 1933 , Franklin Roosevelt,
    • The new law allows the twelve Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency on good assets and thus the banks which reopen will be able to meet every legitimate call.

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    unbrick

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To reopen something bricked up.
  • * 2009 , John Saul, In the Dark of the Night (page 135)
    • "My folks are off playing golf, and Marci's going to that Summer Fun thing at the school. Which means we'll have plenty of time to unbrick that door and see what's behind it."
  • (transitive, slang, computing) To repair a device that was bricked (rendered inoperative).
  • * 2007 , Paul Asadoorian, Larry Pesce, Linksys WRT54G: ultimate hacking (page 327)
    • Using JTAG to Unbrick Your Router