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deflate

[ dih-fleyt ]
/ dɪˈfleɪt /
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verb (used with object), de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing.

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), de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing.

to become deflated.

Words related to deflate

depress, exhaust, diminish, disconcert, mortify, collapse, void, squash, devalue, decrease, depreciate, puncture, shrink, empty, flatten, dash, debunk, humble, chasten, dispirit

Words nearby deflate

definitive host, definitive plumage, definitize, definitude, deflagrate, deflate, deflation, deflationary gap, deflationary spiral, deflect, deflected

Origin of deflate

1890–95; < Latin dēflātus blown off, away (past participle of dēflāre), equivalent to dē- de- + fl(āre) to blow + -ātus -ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM deflate

de·fla·tor, nounself-de·flat·ed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for deflating

deflate
/ (dɪˈfleɪt) /

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 of deflate

deflator, noun

Word Origin for deflate

C19: from de- + (in) flate
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