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deflate
[ dih-fleyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon):
They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.
- to depress or reduce (a person or a person's ego, hopes, spirits, etc.); puncture; dash:
Her rebuff thoroughly deflated me.
- to reduce (currency, prices, etc.) from an inflated condition; to affect with deflation.
verb (used without object)
- to become deflated.
deflate
/ ɪˈڱɪ /
verb
- to collapse or cause to collapse through the release of gas
- tr to take away the self-esteem or conceit from
- economics to cause deflation of (an economy, the money supply, etc)
Derived Forms
- ˈڱٴǰ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·ڱtǰ noun
- -·ڱĻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of deflate1
Example Sentences
This allows her heart to deflate, allowing the "very tricky" procedure to detach part of her heart - the right ventricular outflow tract - and the pulmonary artery from where it has stuck to her skin.
The tariffs and in-kind retaliation from other countries would undoubtedly hurt California, from new surcharges on almond exports to deflating Silicon Valley tech stocks.
Both teams were understandably deflated in the aftermath, but they remained grateful for their journeys to national championship games.
An early opinion poll appears to show the French public taking a calm line, bursting – or at least deflating – the RN's bubble of outrage.
Anthony Wills runs the Kilchoman distillery on the island of Islay and says he feels "deflated" at the prospect of tariffs.
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